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Illustrated with 167 full colour images, this landmark book charts Alexander Moffat’s career from student days at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1960s to the recent Scotland’s Voices. Iconic portraits of major figures in literature and the other arts are represented. The cultural significance of the visual chronicle Moffat has created lies in his approach to portraiture. He aims not only to capture a sitter’s appearance but also to convey something of their inner character, reaching ‘a balance between emotional expression and compositional order’.

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'illuminating, lavishly illustrated and long overdue retrospective of Moffat's work' -- ALAN TAYLOR

Table of Contents
Foreword by Duncan Thomson 7
PERSONAL, PARTICULAR, PUBLIC
The Portraits of Alexander Moffat 11
A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A PORTRAITIST
Bill Hare in Conversation with Alexander Moffat 89
Alexander Moffat Chronology 175
List of Images 183
Acknowledgements 191

Facing the Nation: The portraiture of Alexander

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      Publisher Luath Press Ltd
      Published 15 January 2018
      ISBN-13 9781912147359
      978-1912147359
      ISBN-10 1912147351
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      Paintings and painting Portraits and self-portraiture in the arts

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Illustrated with 167 full colour images, this landmark book charts Alexander Moffat’s career from student days at Edinburgh College of Art in the 1960s to the recent Scotland’s Voices. Iconic portraits of major figures in literature and the other arts are represented. The cultural significance of the visual chronicle Moffat has created lies in his approach to portraiture. He aims not only to capture a sitter’s appearance but also to convey something of their inner character, reaching ‘a balance between emotional expression and compositional order’.

      Trade Review
      'illuminating, lavishly illustrated and long overdue retrospective of Moffat's work' -- ALAN TAYLOR

      Table of Contents
      Foreword by Duncan Thomson 7
      PERSONAL, PARTICULAR, PUBLIC
      The Portraits of Alexander Moffat 11
      A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A PORTRAITIST
      Bill Hare in Conversation with Alexander Moffat 89
      Alexander Moffat Chronology 175
      List of Images 183
      Acknowledgements 191

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