The portraits presented here include artists, musicians and writers. His illustrated edition of the King James Bible, published in 1999, has become a classic. "Even if you are not familiar with Barry Moser's name, you've likely seen his distinctive engravings while reading a classic novel or leafing through a children's book. Ann Patchett writes in the foreword that she welcomes Moser's portraits of novelists as an opportunity to learn more about the souls that animate their works."- The Boston Globe Moser, who lives in Western Massachusetts, works with darkness, light, and lines to achieve faces that carry a sense of life's burdens and beauties as his subjects lived them. Moser's new book One Hundred Portraits gathers a cast of characters through the ages, with an emphasis on British and American notables. "Long interested in the character of creators, be they writers, artists, or composers, Moser once told an interviewer, 'The human face is almost as individual as a fingerprint. One Hundred Portraits collects the best."- The Wall Street Journal Moser has over the past 40 years captured countless famous countenances. "Perhaps the finest printmaker at work today, Mr.
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