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Contemporary Watercolours was set up in 1987 as an arts alumni project whose purpose was to raise money for both artists and academe. It would be based on the creation of definitive watercolours of the buildings and surroundings embodied in our most treasured academic institutions. This embraced universities, schools and colleges, which contain some of the most splendid architecture in Britain. Limited edition prints have been made from these watercolours which have been signed and numbered by the artist and may be purchased from Contemporary Watercolours.
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In 1815 Rudolph Ackermann published his prestigious “History of the University of Cambridge, its Colleges, Halls and Public Buildings”. The book was illustrated with watercolours produced by a team of artists who were among the finest topographical draughtsmen of their day, Frederick McKenzie, Augustus Pugin and William Westall. The Cambridge book was a companion volume to Ackermann’s Oxford book published a year earlier. The books were a huge success and since that time nothing of a similar nature has been produced and it is our humble intention, with the publication of “Cambridge Watercolours” (following as it does the publication of Oxford Watercolours in 2001), to rectify this omission. At the outset we decided to use a team of artists who were all members of the Royal Watercolour Society, in this way we would ensure that our publications were worthy successors to Ackermann’s.
Artists
- Professor Ken Howard O.B.E., R.A., R.W.S.
- Dennis Flanders R.W.S., R.W.A.
- John Doyle M.B.E., P.P.R.W.S
- Jane Carpanini R.W.S., R.W.A.
- Dennis Roxby Bott R.W.S
The book which measures 12" x 8 1/2" (30cm x 21cm) contains 51 colour plates featuring twenty six Cambridge Colleges.
College and University scenes featured in CAMBRIDGE WATERCOLOURS are:
- Christ’s
- Churchill
- Clare
- Corpus Christi
- Darwin
- Downing
- Emmanuel
- Girton
- Gonville and Caius
- Homerton
- Jesus
- King’s
- Magdalene
- New Hall
- Newnham
- Pembroke
- Peterhouse
- Queens’
- Selwyn
- Sidney Sussex
- St. Catharine’s
- St. Edmund’s
- St. John’s
- Trinity
- Trinity Hall
- Wolfson
Cambridge Watercolours can be purchased for £19.95. Delivery to the UK costs £3.75. For Overseas delivery please add £7.85.