In the early nineties, after traveling the world and drawing as he went, stephen published his second book, floating cities, garnering more. Thousands attended his last public retrospective exhibition in 2003 and his four published books of drawings have all been bestsellers, with one, floating cities, about amsterdam, venice and. Stephen wiltshire is an extraordinary gifted man with a talent to be. Floating cities illustrates stephen wiltshires ability to capture not only a. This autistic genius can draw entire cities from his memory. Welcome to the official youtube channel of artist stephen wiltshire mbe, hon. Floating cities by wiltshire, stephen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He has a particular talent for drawing lifelike, accurate depictions of cities, skylines and street scenes sometimes after having only observed them briefly. Artist stephen wiltshire recreates new york from memory.
A numberone bestseller in england this past spring, floating cities is a collection of fabulously detailed drawings of the great cities of the world by the 16yearold autistic genius stephen wiltshire described by sir hugh casson as the best child artist in britain. Wiltshires early books include drawings 1987, cities 1989, floating cities 1991, and stephen wiltshires american dream 1993. Wiltshire is an londonbased artist who draws city panoramas after getting a glimpse of the location from a helicopter. Stephen wiltshire original drawings, limited editions. Stephen published his second book, floating cities.
Stephen wiltshire books list of books by author stephen wiltshire. The literary agent margaret hewson, who has died of cancer aged 55, was one of the most colourful members of a generally rather staid profession. The cities illustrated are paris, new york, londons docklands and edinburgh. The linked data service provides access to commonly found standards and vocabularies promulgated by the library of congress. A number one bestseller in england brings together the brilliantly conceived drawings of four of the great cities of the world by sixteenyearold artistic prodigy stephen wiltshire. Stephen has produced three additional books including cities j. In 2003, a retrospective of his work, not a camera. Stephen wiltshire wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. On a brief previous trip to america, stephen had fallen in love with the place and its people. Venice, amsterdam, leningradand moscow by stephen wiltshire. Stephen wiltshire is an extraordinary gifted man with a talent to be appreciated and praised for his contributions to art.
The artist was appointed member of the order of the british empire by queen elizabeth, and he has been shown and commissioned by cities all around the globe. Stephen was awarded with an mbe member of the order of the british empire for his services to art. Wiltshire s early books include drawings 1987, cities 1989, floating cities 1991, and stephen wiltshire s american dream 1993. Online shopping from a great selection at books store. He has published several successful books of drawings of which the third, floating cities, reached number one on the sunday times bestseller list. Datasets available include lcsh, bibframe, lc name authorities, lc classification, marc codes, premis vocabularies, iso language codes, and more. A new qed programme and an exhibition of drawings will accompany the publication of this book. Floating cities was number one on the sunday times bestseller list. Buy floating cities first edition by stephen wiltshire, oliver sacks isbn. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite reads in more than.
Wrong publisherthe publisher of stephen wiltshires floating cities was incorrectly identified in wednesdays view. See all books authored by stephen wiltshire, including floating cities. Stephen wiltshire is one of britains leading artists heralded as an autistic. Stephen wiltshire mbe, born april 24, 1974 is an architectural artist who has been diagnosed with autism. His third book, floating cities 1991, contains the elaborate drawings he made on the tour. Stephen wiltshire mbe was born and raised in london, england. Browse the amazon editors picks for the best books of 2019, featuring our favorite. Venice, amsterdam, leningradand moscow, and stephen wiltshires american dream, and more on. Stephen wiltshire is an artist who draws detailed cityscapes. Ocean colonization, the theory and practice of building structures to allow humans to live permanently in areas of earth covered in water.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Artist stephen wiltshire draws entire cities from memory. How autistic artist stephen wiltshire made it big forbes. Very large floating structure, the theory and practice of building floating structures on the sea. Venice, amsterdam, leningradand moscow, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist.
Stephen wiltshire is a british autistic savant who draws entire cityscapes, in pen, entirely from memory. Stephen wiltshire architectural artist stephen wiltshire is an artist who draws detailed cityscapes. Venice, amsterdam, leningradand moscow, and drawings, and more on. Floating cities by oliver sacks foreword, stephen wiltshire 7feb1991 hardcover. Stephen wiltshire books list of books by author stephen. Venice, amsterdam, leningradand moscow stephen wiltshire on. In this new book, stephen wiltshire visits three european cities, each one of them with water at its heart. This is true even if you eliminate forthcoming books and stephen wiltshires art i included him because i think drawing is as valid a communication method as any other. Floating cities venice, amsterdam, leningradand moscow stephen wiltshire, oliver sacks on.
A numberone bestseller in england this past spring, floating cities is a. Cities has 1 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. If you love the floating cities, you will enjoy perusing through the meticulous illustrations. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. Stephen wiltshire, then eleven years old, was shown producing from memory remarkable drawings of london buildings. Stephen wiltshires books drawings, cities, floating cities and american dream. Stephen has drawn panoramic representations of tokyo, london, hong kong, madrid and dubai, and other cities and landscapes. Stephen wiltshire regards america as his spiritual home and the europe grand tour which culminated in the publication of his third book, floating cities, was viewed by him as his overture to the real symphony. Boston 2014 thinking in pictures and other reports from my life with autism temple grandin vintage books. In 1992 stephen accepted the invitation of a tokyobased television company to tour japan and make drawings of various landmark structures, including the tokyo metropolitan government building, in shinjuku, and the ginza shopping district.
Floating cities and islands in fiction, the use of artificial floating cities as a speculative fiction trope. Stephen wiltshires books drawings, cities, floating. This includes data values and the controlled vocabularies that house them. His book from 1991, floating cities, was topped the bestseller list of sunday times.