Anthony Whishaw RA was born in England in 1930, but spent the first nine years of his life in Brazil, until, with war looming, he returned with his mother to the United Kingdom in 1939. At fourteen, he won a place at Tonbridge School in Kent.

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The publication of a second book on Anthony Whishaw within four years is both a delight and an important event. In ‘Works On Paper’ Richard Davey uses his interviews with the artist to create a poetic and graceful narrative, complemented by good illustrations.

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This accessible and entertaining book by Richard Davey focuses on the 90-year-old artist’s long-forgotten sketches and works on paper and provides new insights into Whishaw’s career

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As Royal Academician Anthony Whishaw celebrates his 90th birthday, Jonathan Casciani takes us on a journey through two books on the artist, which demonstrate that when exhibitions are closed, reading is still one of the best ways of appreciating great art.

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When did you start drawing?
When I was living in Brazil as a small child. They were mostly doodles inspired by my father’s playful scribbles. While at prep school in Cornwall during the war I distinctly remember creating a spool of drawings which suggested a figure moving through the landscape.

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Considered to be "a slow artist for a fast-moving world", Anthony Whishaw RA is to celebrate his 90th year with a new book and Kickstarter campaign, starting this month, followed by an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in February.

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What is your earliest memory of an artwork and who was it by?

That's a hard one...I started drawing political cartoons when I was about 16 - I liked their playful nature.

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A cow shed and an old tractor barn in rural Herefordshire are not where most people would go in search of the avant garde or the latest in abstract painting. But retired farmer Stephen Dale is challenging the assumption that modern art is best appreciated by city dwellers.

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Anthony Whishaw’s images are set in a fictitious surroundings with only an insinuation of human presence. They fuse imagination, reality, and memory in a way that makes them appear real, but intriguingly difficult to define by the regular folk.

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Anthony Whishaw RA was brought up in South America until he was nine years old, when he came to England to go to school. By 1952, after he had studied at the Chelsea School of Art, he was awarded a Spanish Government Scholarship to study art.

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