‘British Coastal Art 1770-1930’   by Robin McInnes

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Having worked in the field of coastal management for many years few are better placed than geologist, coastal scientist and marine art historian, Professor Robin McInnes OBE, to write a history of British coastal art.

In his latest book he has undertaken a major review of the subject, which has grown in prominence in the public eye thanks partly to the popularity of BBC’s ‘Coast’ programme. Pictured below is Prof McInnes at the Cowes launch event of his book ‘British Coastal Art 1770-1930’ alongside his friend Dr Hermione Cockburn, one of the core team of Coast presenters and Scientific Director of Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh.

The 260-page publication is a lavishly illustrated overview of the changing British coast through the eyes of artists over the last 250 years. It spans the early emergence of the genre in the late eighteenth century, through the Victorian and Edwardian seaside developments and on up to 1930.

Among the numerous oil paintings, watercolours and prints, which are displayed in the book are examples by the masters of topographical art as well as by some exceptionally talented amateur artists. The book documents the changing natural environments and the physical and social changes and there are also individual chapters on North-East England, East Anglia, South-East England, the Isle of Wight, South-West England, North-West England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Professor McInnes acknowledges the important contribution made by public and private art galleries and auction houses, which provided images for the book, as well as the support for the studies of art and coastal change sponsored by The Crown Estate.

With marbled end papers and gold leaf to the pages this substantial volume can be ordered at rmcinnesbooksandimages.com. Enquiries: rgmcinnes@btinternet.com or telephone (01983) 854865.

 
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