BP Portrait Award 2008

BP Portrait Award 2008

by Alexander Mc Call Smith (Author)

Synopsis

This catalogue features seventy works from an international list of artists, which together display a diverse range of styles and painterly techniques, highlighting the vitality of portrait painting today. It also includes an essay by popular writer Alexander McCall Smith and an illustrated article from the travel-award winners, 2007. Published to accompany the summer exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 12 June to 14 September 2008 and its tour to Wolverhampton Art Gallery, from 27 September to 14 November 2008 and Aberdeen Art Gallery, from 29 November 2008 to 24 January 2009.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 88
Edition: 01
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications
Published: 12 Jun 2008

ISBN 10: 1855143941
ISBN 13: 9781855143944

Author Bio
Alexander McCall Smith is the author of over sixty books on a wide array of subjects. For many years he was Professor of Medical Law at the University of Edinburgh and served on national and international bioethics bodies. Then in 1999 he achieved global recognition for his award-winning No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series, and thereafter devoted his time to the writing of fiction, including the 44 Scotland Street and the von Igelfeld series. His books have been translated into forty-two languages. He lives in Edinburgh.