Anthony Bailey (author)
Encyclopedia
Anthony Bailey is a British writer and art historian.
He was evacuated to Dayton, Ohio
, in 1940 during World War II
. For many years he was a writer for the New Yorker magazine.
He lives on Mersea Island, near Colchester
, Essex
, with his wife Margot. They have four daughters: Liz, Annie, Katie and Rachel.
The Mother Tongue Macmillan NY 1961 and Heinemann London 1963
The Inside Passage Macmillan NY 1965
Through the Great City Macmillan NY 1967
"The Light in Holland" Knopf NY 1970*
In the Village Knopf NY and Thames & Hudson London 1971
"A Concise History of the Low Countries" American Heritage NY 1972
Rembrandt's House Houghton Mifflin & J.M.Dent 1978
Acts of Union – reports on Ireland Random House NY and Faber & Faber London 1980
"America, Lost & Found 1981 Random House and Faber & Faber and University of Chicago Press 2000
"Along the Edge of the Forest" Random House NY and Faber & Faber London 1983
"England, First & Last" Random House and Faber & Faber 1985
"Spring Jaunts" Farrar Straus Giroux 1986
"'Major André Farrar Straus Giroux 1987 & Carcanet, 1989, ISBN 9780856357954
"A Walk through Wales" HarperColllins NY and Jonathan Cape London 1992
"The Outer Banks" Farrar Straus Giroux 1989 and U of N.Carolina Press 1999
"Responses to Rembrandt" Timken NY 1994
"The Coast of Summer" HarperCollins 1994 * i
Standing in the sun: a life of J.M.W. Turner, Sinclair Stevenson London 1997 & HarperCollins NY, 1998, ISBN 9780061180026
John Constable
: A Kingdom of His Own, Vintage Books, 2007, ISBN 9781844138333
"Velázquez & The Surrender of Breda" Henry Holt 2011
He was evacuated to Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, in 1940 during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
. For many years he was a writer for the New Yorker magazine.
He lives on Mersea Island, near Colchester
Colchester
Colchester is an historic town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester in Essex, England.At the time of the census in 2001, it had a population of 104,390. However, the population is rapidly increasing, and has been named as one of Britain's fastest growing towns. As the...
, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
, with his wife Margot. They have four daughters: Liz, Annie, Katie and Rachel.
Publications
John Constable
John Constable was an English Romantic painter. Born in Suffolk, he is known principally for his landscape paintings of Dedham Vale, the area surrounding his home—now known as "Constable Country"—which he invested with an intensity of affection...
: A Kingdom of His Own, Vintage Books, 2007, ISBN 9781844138333