Painting with Annigoni

Title: Painting with Annigoni : A Halcyon

Decade as a Student in Florence 1958-68

Author: Dawn Cookson

List price: £17.50

ISBN: 0 906290 35 X

Contents: This book is an insider’s memoir of this perceptive and generous maestro, who dominated post-war Florentine portraiture, and whose portraits of H.M. The Queen are in major national collections. After two years of persistent hard study with Nerina Simi, Annigoni accepted Dawn into his studio as a pupil, and so began an enduring friendship. Working in this largely male creative environment, she developed a sharp eye and ear for the dramatic and amusing, while learning high standards of design and craftsmanship which were to provide a benchmark for her profession as a portrait painter.