John Malchair of Oxford

by Colin Harrison

A biography of John Baptist Malchair (1730-1812), a self-taught watercolour painter and engraver who became a fashionable drawing master and music teacher, and through his pupils had considerable influence on several generations of landscape artists.

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Colin ^ Harrison is the Senior Curator of European Art in the Ashmolean Museum, where he has worked since 1993.

His main areas of curatorial responsibility are British and French art before 1945, including paintings, drawings, prints, and portrait miniatures; and musical instruments, notably the Hill Collection of bowed instruments.

Reviews

[July · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book has two parts. First John Malchair the Artist and after telling his begining it will go to Oxford, his history as an artist and musician. Second each picture is described as the size, if it is pencil or pen. Washed, colored washed and where it was.