About the Book
In this work, ninety paintings made by Philip James interpret landmarks of the City of London, such as Monument, St.Paul's Cathedral and The Royal Exchange. The artist also records impressions of the main thoroughfares of Cheapside, Bishopsgate and London Wall, with their many small side alleys and hidden courtyards that contribute to the particular character and dynamic flux of the financial centre of the capital.
Table of Contents:
Aldermanbury, Aldersgate, Amen Court, Angel Court, Ave Maria Lane, Barbican, Bartholomew Square, Basinghall Street, Bell Inn Yard, Bishopsgate, Blomfield Street, Bow Lane, Bread Street, Bucklersbury Passage, Camomile Street, Cannon Street, Carter Court, Cavendish Street, Cheapside, Circus Place, City at Bank, Construction Site, St Mary Axe, Copthall Street, Cornhill, Dove Court, Eastcheap Street, Fann Street, Finch Lane, Fish Street Hill, Fore Street, Foster Lane, Golden Lane, Gracechurch Street, Great St.Helen's, Great Winchester Street, Gresham Street, Guildhall, Gutter Lane, Honey Lane, Houndsditch, Interior of St.Paul's, Ironmonger Lane, King Street, King Edward Street, King William Street, Leadenhall Market, Leadenhall Street, Lime Street, Little Britain, Liverpool Street, Lombard Street, London Wall Walk, Lothbury, Love Lane, Ludgate Circus, Ludgate Hill, Mansion House, Milk Street, Monument, Moorgate, New Change, Newgate, Old Broad Street, Old Jewry, Paternoster Row, Poultry, Queen Street, Ropemaker Street, Royal Courts of Justice, Royal Exchange, St Alban's Court, St.Bartholomew's Church, St Mary Axe, St.Mary Le Bow, St Martin's Le Grand, St Paul's Churchyard, Shoreditch, Stonecutter Street, Swan Lane, Threadneedle Street, Throgmorton Street, Undershaft, View of the City, Walbrook, Watling Street, White Lion Street, Wood Street.
About the Author :
Philip James, born 1948, Bromley, Kent England. BA Fine Art Slade School UCL; MA Art History, Kingston University. Maintains art practice as Philip James Studio. Editor Cv/Visual Arts Research since 1995.
Review :
The seeming variety of painting styles, at one point representational and then at another so abstract. Also the use of color is right on. Vivid in the more abstract landscapes and then more subtle and unexpected in the cityscapes. Jack O'Neill, Elm Hill Gallery, Houston. "His large townscapes express a romantic classicism recalling Richard Parkes Bonington...the artist's small watercolours make an innovative interpretation of the landscape." Exhibition at Reade's Gallery, Aldeburgh, reviewed by Richard Inman in the East Anglian Daily Times.
