John Piper, Myfanwy Piper: Lives in Art

Artists: John Piper, Myfanwy Piper 
Author: Frances Spalding 
Publisher: OUP 
Date: 2009 
Condition: A clean and very lightly read copy, complete with dust wrapper, some very minor creases to the wrapper edges. Also a loose inserted page from the Literary Review September 2009 with Peyton Skipwith's review of the book.

Whilst Piper is a well-documented figure in mid-century British art, this wonderful biography by Frances Spalding covers both John and his wife Myfanwy and their long life together. Looking at not only John's work as an artist but also Myfanwy's important contribution to publishing and music in the late 1930's and beyond, Spalding conjures up a rich impression of the world they created at Fawley Bottom, their Oxfordshire home, a place filled with art, friends, conversation and ideas. 

A highly interesting and enjoyable book.