Maxwell Bates: Biography of an Artist

ISBN: 1895176255

Author: Snow, Kathleen M.

Condition: New

Maxwell Bennett Bates (1906-1980), artist, architect, author this is an account of his life: 25 years in Calgary, Canada; ten years in England; five a prisoner of war in Thuringia; 16 years in Calgary; and 18 in Victoria, Canada. The color plates and b&w reproductions speak for his artistic vision; to chronicle his life and work, Snow interweaves narrative with the artists poems and other writings, not attempting a critical analysis of Batess work, but rather a portrait of his development and reception as an artist. The format is horizontal, 11.5x9" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.