Edward Gorey: Coloring Book

Edward Gorey is famous for masterful pen-and-ink crosshatched drawings and ironic offbeat humor. He won critical acclaim and an avid worldwide following during his prolific career. He produced more than one hundred illustrated works created prize-winning set and costume designs for Broadway shows published numerous illustrations for a variety of publications and illustrated the works of many well-known authors including Raymond Chandler T. S. Eliot Gilbert & Sullivan Edward Lear Bram Stoker John Updike and Virginia Woolf. With his enigmatic and often darkly humorous tales full of eccentrics Gorey left his unique stamp on American art and culture.Bats cats and men in fur coats make frequent appearances in his artwork as do exotic and quirky creatures known only in the trademark crosshatched drawings emanating from his pen. All of Gorey's characters inhabit an enigmatic often vaguely Edwardian world where human foibles and frailties are deftly assuaged by witty flights of fantasy. FOR THE COLORING AFICIONADO Introduction about Edward Gorey 25 original drawings to color Lay-flat binding and high-quality paper easy to use with all your fine coloring tools

Hardcover: 56 pages

Publisher: Pomegranate (June 15 2017)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0764979442

ISBN-13: 978-0764979446

Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 0.4 x 11.2 inches

Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces