Pezcyclingnews: Pez Bookshelf: Book De Tour



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The Official 2015 Richmond World Championship artist in residence, Greig Leach, recorded last year’s Tour de France as the action unfolded each day. His post-card sized, watercolor and ink drawings are now available in book form worthy of gracing any coffee table. PEZ literary editor, Leslie Reissner, relives the 2015 Tour through the eyes of the artist.The capturing of a bicycle race has taken many forms. From the breathless, florid prose of the overwrought correspondents following the Tour de France writing for L’Auto, then to still photography with unwieldy cameras and on to sound with radio (and accordion accompaniment!), then film newsreels and television and now Internet sites, podcasts and fans waving cellphones. There have been attempts by painters to capture the special moments of a race: Toulouse Lautrec’s 1896 poster of racers using Simpson chains; Lyonel Feininger’s trapezoidal speedsters in 1912; Edward Hopper’s 1937 portrait of a Six Day Racer in his cabin. But they all seem too studied, unable to depict the energy that we know and love when we watch our cycling heroes in action. But when the Road World Championships come to Richmond, Virginia this fall there is at least one man ready to try.Book de TourGreig Leach is an accomplished painter whose works have been exhibited throughout the United States. He has received formal training at the Corcoran Museum’s School of Art in Washington, DC, Montgomery College in Maryland and Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond. In addition, he has been Visiting Artist at the American...

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