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The Gutenberg Bible (Original)
The Gutenberg Bible (Original)
Medium: Watercolour on Board
Size: 11" x 9" (280mm x 225mm)
Date: 1981
Code: KeayGutenbergTop
This is the unique original Watercolour painting by John Keay.
Two watercolour paintings on one board by John Keay illustrating how during the Middle Ages monks copied the Bible by hand and how Johann Gutenberg revolutionized printing by developing metal type which made copying the Bible cheaper and faster making it available to more people.
From Look and Learn issue 1012, 1st August 1981.
- Artist BiographyJohn R Keay; UK
Artist who contributed to the 'This Made Headlines' and 'Dateline' series which appeared on the inside front cover of Look and Learn in the late 1970s.
Keay had a highly distinctive style, achieving an unusual smoothness of texture in his illustrations, both in colour and black and white. He usually signed his pictures “Keay”. Keay was represented by John Martin & Artists and also illustrated books, including Kings of Israel by David Kent (1981).
John Keay is not to be mistaken for Jack Keay (qv) who also contributed to Look and Learn.
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