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Spirit of the West

The Art of Don Brestler

by (author) Arjun Gupta

Publisher
Bayeux Arts
Initial publish date
Feb 2014
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9781896209708
    Publish Date
    Nov 2003
    List Price
    $29.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781897411957
    Publish Date
    Feb 2014
    List Price
    $12.99

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Description

A beautifully illustrated tribute to a remarkable, self-taught artist of the Canadian West. The 81 oil paintings by Brestler featured in this volume depict perennial and endearing aspects of the West – ‘A Cowboy’s Life’, ‘Wildlife’, and ‘Home on the Range’. Intoductory essay by Arjun GUPTA, art historian.

About the author

Arjun Gupta graduated from Amherst College, Massachusetts, and completed graduate studies at SOAS, University of London, the University of Toronto, and the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Dayton Law School. He served as Managing Editor of Aperture Publishing, New York, in the late nineties.Presently, he makes his home in San Francisco with his wife and son.

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