Recommended reading for art lovers
Gallery C offers a selection of fine art literature to complement your collection. The books listed below include artist biographies and histories, reference manuals, children’s books and books about animation. We personally recommend every book here and will be adding more as we find them.
The Art Owner’s Handbook – A practical guide to caring for your paintings, prints and drawings – by C. Barbour Strickland, III, Greenville, 2005
John James Audubon, A Biography – by Alice Ford, New York: Abbeville Press, 1988
Robert Broderson, 32 Drawings – With an introduction by Edward Bryant, Durham NC: Duke University Press, 1964
The Mapping of North America I & II – Philip D. Burden, Rickmansworth, England: Raleigh Publications, 1996 & 1997
Clare Leighton – The Growth and Shaping of an Artist / Writer – Forward by Simon Brett. The Estate of Clare Leighton, 2009
The Color Scheme Bible – Inspirational palettes for designing home interiors – by Anna Starmer, Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2005
The Southeast in Early Maps – William P. Cumming, Princeton University Press, 1998
Homer Ellertson – Retrospective of a Versatile Artist – Tryon Fine Arts Center, Kangaroo Products Company, 2000
Stroke of Genius – A Collection of Paintings and Musings on Life, Love and Art – Chuck Jones. China: Linda Jones Enterprises, Inc., 2007
Nessie and the Little Blind Boy of the Loch Ness – Ken Anderson, New Hampshire: Laughter Publications, Inc., 1992 (limited edition and signed by author)
The Poet’s Palette – Selected Works by Hobson Pittman – Meade B. Horne, Tarboro: Blount-Bridgers House, 1999
The Privilege to Paint – The Lives of Francis Speight and Sarah Blakeslee – Maurice C. York, Greenville NC: The Greenville Museum of Art, 2002
Sally Bowen Prange – With an introduction by Elaine Levin, Sally Bowen Prange, Pittsboro: Kachergis Book Design, 2000
Tex Avery – King of Cartoons – Joe Adamson, New York: Da Capo Press, Inc., 1975, (signed by author)
Theodore de Bry – America -The Complete Plates 1590-1602 – Michiel Van Groesen (ED.) & Larry E. Tise, Taschen Publisher, 2019. $150.00
Light and Air – The Photography of Bayard Wootten – Jerry W. Cotten, Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1998
Wladimir de Terlikowski – His Life and Art – by Professor Perlman, published by Brown W Vance; 1 edition (November 15, 1998).
Terlikowski – Pointre de Figures – by Arsene Alexandre