John Piper’s Stowe. With An Introduction By John Piper and Commentary By Mark Girouard.

A Signed Limited Edition; Number 239 of 300 copies signed by the Artist. Folio (497 x 400 mm),Publisher's patterned cloth, colour illustrations by Piper, housed in Publisher's slipcase. Published by the Hurtwood Press is association with the Tate Gallery, 1983.

A fine copy in a near fine slipcase.

This production shows John Piper's works of Stowe in Buckinghamshire; a place he regularly visited and had a great affection for. Of Stowe, Piper stated: "There is no end to the things one can paint there, and dream about." Mark Girouard, commented on Stowe: '"A diamond which flashes in a different way, depending on the angle one looks at it."

"John Egerton Christmas Piper CH (13 December 1903 – 28 June 1992) was an English painter, printmaker and designer of stained-glass windows and both opera and theatre sets. His work often focused on the British landscape, especially churches and monuments, and included tapestry designs, book jackets, screen-prints, photography, fabrics and ceramics. He was educated at Epsom College and trained at the Richmond School of Art followed by the Royal College of Art in London. He turned from abstraction early in his career, concentrating on a more naturalistic but distinctive approach, but often worked in several different styles throughout his career.

Piper was an official war artist in World War II and his wartime depictions of bomb-damaged churches and landmarks, most notably those of Coventry Cathedral, made Piper a household name and led to his work being acquired by several public collections. Piper collaborated with many others, including the poets John Betjeman and Geoffrey Grigson on the Shell Guides, the potter Geoffrey Eastop and the artist Ben Nicholson. In his later years, he produced many limited-edition prints."

(Tate Galleries.)

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