Affectionately, Wallace : The Life and Work of W. W. Gilchrist

A recently published biography of the famous portraitist W.W. Gilchrist reveals thirty-six watercolors discovered in Gilchrist's estate. In addition to presenting most of these in color, the author, Robert Griffin, a grandson of the artist, has crafted a personal and intimate story of Gilchrist's life gleaned from letters, scrapbooks, long talks with the painter's now deceased son, and articles appearing in an old weekly newspaper in Brunswick, Maine during the last eleven years of Gilchrist's life. An appendix lists every known exhibition and the paintings in each. The book also includes over seventy-five reproductions, mostly in color, to give the art lover a feel for Gilchrists's rich use of color and his exquisite taste in choice of subjects. Art lovers and art dealers, art historians and art critics will find this slender volume not only essential for reference but also rewarding reading about a man who struggled for years with heart disease but who nevertheless achieved a level of competence and beauty which places him on a par with the first tier of American painters.Griffin, Robert is the author of 'Affectionately, Wallace : The Life and Work of W. W. Gilchrist', published 2001 under ISBN 9780971240506 and ISBN 0971240507.