Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), 15th April 1890, Edition 1 of 1, Page 469

_ i _ ' 77 _ _ .... ... _ _ . _ _ __ ..... ¦ IN PREPARATION . ^ ILLDSTRATEDBIOGRAPHIES OF THE j GREAT ARTISTS . \ ^ NEW SERIES . ; fTIHE long-continued and steady demand for the Biographies of Great Artists \ I which have already appeared , and the frequent applications that have been made for additional volumes , have induced the Publishers to decide upon the preparation of a New Seeies of these much-appreciated books . This Series will contain Lives of Eminent Artists , both British and Foreign , ; who—for reasons which no longer exist—were not included in the first issue , but who ; have an undoubted right to be comprised in any work specially devoted to painters . ; Treatises on various groups of painters such as the Early Flemish School , the Dutch Landscape School , the Early Venetian School , and others , will be included . The Memoirs will be written by authors who have made Art-Biography a special study , and will be illustrated with wood engravings and plates by the new photogravure process so much in fashion , and with these plates great pains will be taken to produce the best results . The interest that is shown at the present time in the works of Corot , Kousseau , Daubigny , and other painters of the Barbizon School , suggests that the first volume should be dedicated to these celebrated men . The beauty of their poetic landscapes and the surpassing excellence of the Angelus and other works of Francois Millet , are now as thoroughly appreciated , both in this country and in America , as any of the works of the Old Masters . Engravings will be given of many of the most celebrated of these productions of later French art . The price of this Series will be the same as before , 3 s . 6 d . per volume , bound in decorated cloth . . Among the early Volumes will appear : THE PAINTERS OP BARBIZON . I . Memoirs of Jean Francois Millet , Theodore Rousseau , and Narcisse Diaz . By J . W . Mollett , B . A . THE PAINTERS OF BARBIZON . II . Memoirs of Jean Baptiste Corot , Charles Francis Daubigny , and Jules Dupre . By John W . Mollett , B . A . The two volumes in one , bound in half-morocco , Roxburghe style . Price 7 * . Gd . WILLIAM MULREADY , Memorials of . Collected by Frederic G . Stephens . Illustrated with copies of the Life Studies in the South Kensington Museum , and other Works . DAVID COX and PETER DE WINT : Memoirs of their Lives and Works By Gilbert R . Redgrave . [ in preparation . GEORGE CRUIKSHANK , His Life and Works : including a Memoir by Frederick C . Stephens , and an Essay on the Genius of George Cruikshank by W . M . THACKERAY . [ In preparation . THE LANDSCAPE PAINTERS QF HOLLAND : auwdakland Hobbema , Cuyp and Potter , and others . \\ y Frank Cundall . [ in preparation . VAN EYCK , MEMLINC , MATSYS , and other Painters of the Early Flemish School . [ Inpreparation . ' GAVARNI / Memoirs of . By Frank Marzials . With many Illustrations . [ In preparation . London : SAMPSON LOW , MARSTON , SEARLE & RIVINGTON , Limited , St . Dunstan ' s House , Fetter Lane , Fleet Street , E . C .

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