Ray G. Ellis, Ralph Graves

Martha's Vineyard: An Affectionate Memoir

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Martha's Vineyard is a celebrated vacation haven captivating visitors from long-term summer residents to recent daytrippers. Among the Island's ardent admirers are Ray Ellis, whose memorable paintings created over a 25-year period depict his love of the Vineyard, and Ralph Graves, whose lively, affectionate history spans 400 years. Featuring 100 of Ray Ellis's luminescent oils and watercolors, this book provides a unique appreciation of the Island's delights. Rounding out this marvelous pictorial album is a fascinating text by Ralph Graves. He has written a concise history from its discovery in 1602 by an English explorer, Bartholomew Gosnold, whose reason for naming the Island Martha has yet to be discovered, to its present-day active conservation efforts. The memoir also includes interviews with five long-time residents who provide insightful, firsthand accounts of their special connection to the Island.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Abbeville Publishing Group
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: April 1995
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 237mm x 238mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9781558598669
• ISBN-10: 1558598669
• Artikelnr.: 22282167

Autorenporträt

Ray Ellis was a nationally recognized, award-winning artist whose paintings are in the permanent collection at The White House and museums around the country. He has been represented in galleries across the U.S. and in London. He contributed paintings to five books, among them North by Northeast and South by Southeast. Ralph Graves was an American writer whose novels, including August People, which takes place on the Vineyard, have been highly acclaimed. He was an editorial director of Time Inc. and the last editor of LIFE as a weekly magazine.