May Gibbs. More Than A Fairy Tale. An Artistic Life

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Publisher Place: South Yarra
Publisher Year: 2011
Edition: First Edition

Description: 231 pages. Ex-Library. (only one small stamp on inside page). Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Without the details there could be no larger picture. May Gibbs became one of Australias most well-known and loved illustrators. Her gumnut babies have been adored by generations of children. For the first time her early life and artistic career are explored in detail. She traveled to England in a quest to develop as an artist and became an early supporter of the suffragettes. Her early paintings of wildflowers led her to discover the limitations of being a woman artist and she discovered that working hard to develop a sustaining commercial career in art was not going to be easy. One of the few women to become a commercial success, she did so by turning to fantasy and childrens illustration. This is a fascinating illustrated biography of a talented artist, complete with beautiful reproductions of May Gibbs work throughout.

ISBN: 9781742701509