Rosa Branson - by Lynn Michell (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>This is the authorised biography of Rosa Branson, MBE, written as in a fictionalised style using Rosa's own words from extensive conversations and interviews. </p><p><br></p><p>In a career spanning over sixty years, Rosa has painted over 600 paintings in the style of the Renaissance artists as a tribute to her adored father, Clive Branson. Rosa overcame gender discrimination and scorn at Camberwell and the Slade because she rejected the favoured expressionist styles and embarked instead on a lonely path to learn the technique of the Old Masters.</p><p><br></p><p>Rosa's personal life is equally colourful with a wartime childhood with communist parents in Battersea, wretched years as a student, and a first marriage that ends in violence and madness. </p><p><br></p><p>Rosa's biography is written in fictionalised scenes which highlight her formative early years. It captures the immediacy and drama of a life of turmoil and transitions, disappointment and despair, joy and security. Through all of this, Rosa painted on.</p><p><br></p><p>For the past twenty years, Rosa has painted massive storyboards for charities to highlight their work and to raise funds. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>'Rosa has inspired a generation of traditionalists. It is clear from the really rather good reproductions of her works that are included here that she is completely at ease with - and committed to - the style she has chosen.</p><p><br></p><p>This is a very thorough and also thoroughly affectionate account of what I think we might call a life well-lived and a person one feels instinctively one would be at home with.'</p><p> - Henry Malt</p><p>Artbookrevew.net</p><p>https: //artbookreview.wordpress.com/2021/04/14/rosa-branson-a-portrait-lynn-mitchell/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>'Michell's biography of Rosa Branson is a redemptive story of an exceptional woman determined to overcome the obstacles put in her way to become a successful artist.'</p><p> - Jenny Gorrod</p><p>Dundee University Review of the Arts</p><p>https: //dura-dundee.org.uk/2021/02/27/rosa-branson-a-portrait/</p><p><br></p><p>'Over the many years I've known her, Rosa has talked about her life in bitesize pieces. To read the whole story is wonderful and rings absolutely true. The vignettes of scenes throughout Rosa's fascinating life are tantalising with her own words woven through. We hear Rosa's inimitable voice. This wonderful book captures Rosa's great strength of character, her unquenchable passion to promote classical painting, her astonishing talent and her enormous generosity. It is a 'must read' for any aspiring artist and for anyone with ambitious dreams to fulfil.'</p><p>- Heath Rosselli, Honorary Freeman of the Worshipful Company of</p><p>Painter-Stainers and co-founder of The Worlington Movement</p><p>www.rosabransonandtheworlingtonmovement.com</p><p><br></p><p> 'I was knocked out by your description of being in the house with Rosa. It is brilliant and absorbing, immediate and atmospheric. It hooks the reader into wanting to get to know this extraordinary woman. The Rosa chapters are magic! Such beautiful writing and scene setting. This is a wonderful way to tell a life, a wonderful way to bring Rosa to life. If my life was to be told, this is the way I'd want it done!'</p><p>- Avril Joy, winner of the Costa and People's Prize, author of <em>Millie and Bird, Sometimes a River Song</em> and <em>Going in with Flowers</em></p><p> www.avriljoy.com</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>'A compelling and deeply felt portrait of an artist who deserves to be better known. Lynn Michell has written a narrative which has the intimacy and power of memoir.'</p><p>- Ali Bacon, author of <em>In the Blink of an Eye</em> and <em>A Kettle of Fish</em></p><br>
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