{"product_id":"9781910258194","title":"Family, Friendships, Landscapes: Rex Whistler: Inspiration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe author of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Rex Whistler\u003c\/i\u003e explores the influences behind Whistler's works\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe artist Rex Whistler (1905−1944) loved creating imaginary landscapes, whether for his murals or for portraits or book illustrations. But his inspiration came from the real landscapes of Italy, the architecture of Rome and, in England, from the countryside of Wiltshire and Dorset. It was against these backgrounds, too, that his closest friendships were formed, with Stephen Tennant, Cecil Beaton, Siegfried Sassoon, and Edith Olivier and with the writer and academic Lord David Cecil.\u003ci\u003e Family, Friendships, Landscape\u003c\/i\u003es, like its companion volume, \u003ci\u003eLove and War\u003c\/i\u003e, includes much previously unpublished material, in this case largely from Rome and from the collection of the Paget family, at Plas Newydd on the Isle of Anglesey, where Whistler painted his most famous mural.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pimpernel Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47065128009968,"sku":"9781910258194","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910258194_p0.jpg?v=1763626218","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910258194","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}