Biography and Correspondence
A curated selection of books exploring lives lived and letters written — encompassing biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, and correspondences that offer intimate access to artists across the centuries.
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Artist-Venturer : The life and letters of Fred Richards, etcher and author -
Artist and Publisher: Sven Berlin's Letters to John Sansom 1992-1999 -
Arthur Rackham : His Life and Work -
Art and Life -
Architectural Biographies : Thomas Archer -
Architectural Biographies : Sir John Soane -
Architectural Biographies : James Wyatt -
Architectural Biographies : Henry Holland -
Architectural Biographies : Gunnar Asplund -
Antonin Raymond an Autobiography -
Anthon van Rappard : Companions and Correspondences of Vincent Van Gogh his Life & all his Works -
Anecdote Biography -
An Autiobiography by Elizabeth Butler -
An Artist's Reminiscences By Walter Crane : Second Edition -
Alexander Mann : 1853-1908 : Sketches and correspondence with his wife and family -
Alex: The Life of Alexander Liberman -
A World Away: A Memoir of Mervyn Peake -
A Victorian Canvas: The memoirs of W. P. Frith, R.A. : -
A Pre-Raphaelite friendship: The correspondence of William Holman Hunt and John Lucas Tupper (Nineteenth-century studies) -
A Painter’s Pilgrimage Through Fifty Years -
A Check-list of the Book Illustrations of John Buckland Wright,: Together with a Personal Memoir -
A Biographical Sketch of my Brothers : Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner -
5 Vols : The Diary of Benjamin Robert Haydon in Five Volumes : Volume One 1808-1815, Volume Two 1816 - 1824, Volume Three 1825 - 1832, Volume Four 1832 - 1840, Volume Five 1840 - 1846 -
4 Vols : The Complete Collected Letters of William Morris, Vols 1-4: 1848-1896 (Princeton Legacy Library)