Author: ARTHUR WATTS. Edited by Simon Watts. Published by Algrove Publishing Ltd., 2003, 1st Edition. Printed in Canada. Almost New Condition SOFTCOVER Book, with light cover wear. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 11 x 8.5 inch, 184 pages.
THE ART OF ARTHUR WATTS, edited by Simon Watts, offers numerous illustrated examples of the artists work, along with a series of his essays on the art of cartooning, written for The Artist magazine.
Also included are numerous supporting examples of the work of artists whose work he admired. In essence, the book has a mini-course on cartooning embedded in it, in addition to illustrating the gentle humor and substantial artistic skill of Arthur Watts.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Arthur Watts (1883-1935) was a particularly talented British artist who sold cartoons to Punch and other contemporary magazines for many years in the 1920s and 30s. The quality of his work is far beyond anything seen today in the genre.
