Derek Hill: An Appreciation

Hardback.  First edition.  ‘Derek Hill’s reputation as a portrait painter of well-known people, from Freddie Mills to Prince Charles, has helped to obscure his reputation a landscape painter.  In this book Grey Gowrie, while fully acknowledging Hill’s status as one of Britain’s leading portraitists, argues that he is also the best painter of Irish landscapes since Jack Yeats.’  Condition: Covers lightly shelf-worn and  sunned.  A few light handling marks to prelims, otherwise very good. Dust jacket has some damage to front panel