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unusual facts about art books



Željko Ivanović

Under his management in October 2003, daily Vijesti started the publishing action that counted over 3 million printed books of various content-from encyclopedias to belletristic and art books.


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Alexandru Busuioceanu

He also wrote art books on the paintings in the collection of the Romanian Royal Family and on the watercolour paintings of Amedeo Preziosi.

Arthur Bryant Triggs

In 1887 Arthur immigrated to Australia, becoming a wealthy New South Wales grazier (known as The Sheep King) and collector of art, books and coins....

Fairy painting

A 2003 book, The Art of Faery, written by David Riche and mentored by Froud, contributed to the careers of twenty fairy artists of this revival movement, including Amy Brown, Myrea Pettit, Jasmine Becket-Griffith, Philippe Fernandez, James Browne, and Jessica Galbreth, many of whom went on to author individual art books.

Inigo Triggs

His older brother was Arthur Bryant Triggs (1868–1936) born in Chelsea, who in 1887 emigrated to Australia, becoming a wealthy New South Wales grazier (known as The Sheep King) and collector of art, books and coins.

John Maizels

Maizels is the author of several art books including the Outsider Art Sourcebook, Raw Creation: Outsider Art and Beyond, and Raw Erotica which he has most recently been working on with Roger Cardinal and Colin Rhodes.

PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award

1995 - Joyce Meskis, Denver bookstore owner who successfully challenged a Colorado law barring stores open to children from selling novels and art books with sexual content, and who continued to sell Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses in 1989, donating 25% of proceeds to anticensorship organizations.

Thomas Metcalfe, 4th Baronet

He filled it with his collections of art, books and relics of Napoleon.

World of Art

World of Art is a long established series of art books from the publisher Thames & Hudson, now comprising over 150 titles.