Barcelona Sketchbook

Graham Byfield is an English watercolour artist who has published several books, postcards and prints of paintings featuring cities and other places of interest around the world. The early years took him to work as a creative director in Canada, Australia, London and Singapore at different international advertising agencies. He used this experience as an opportunity to study vernacular architecture, savour the landscape and explore local cultures through his paintings. Now a full-time artist, he has his own gallery in Menorca whilst he is there in the summer. He travels extensively to research his books which include nine Sketchbooks of Singapore, Bali, Thai Silk, London, Amsterdam, the Bahamas, Oxford, Cambridge and, now, Barcelona. Marcus Binney is a historian and writer with a passion for European architecture especially the decades around 1900 - Barcelona's most creative age. He has written for many years, both for Country Life magazine and The Times. He is the founder and chairman of SAVE Europe's Heritage. His books include London and Cambridge Sketchbooks (with Graham Byfield), Great Houses of Europe, In Search of the Perfect House, Great Stations of Europe (with Axel Foehl), Airport Builders, Town Houses and The Women who lived for Danger.