Fred A. Farrell: Glasgow's War Artist

by Joanna Meacock, Fiona Hayes, Mark Roberts

Book Overview

Frederick Arthur Farrell (1882-1935) came from a distinguished Glasgow family. He initially studied civil engineering, and as an artist was self-taught, although he owes a debt to the advice and example of Muirhead Bone. By the outbreak of World War I he was developing a reputation as an up-and-coming etcher and watercolourist of portraits and topographical subjects. He enlisted as a sapper, or military engineer, with the Royal Engineers Railway Troops...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781300275
• ISBN13: 9781781300275
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Philip Wilson Publishers
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 8.6"