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Miro: Theatre of Dreams by Roland Penrose
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon videos
The Spanish painter Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the major figures of 20th-century art. He belonged to a generation of artists active in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, and became associated with the Surrealist movement. Miro's imagery derives from his personal world of dreams, fantasy and magic. In th ...Show more
Miró by Roland Penrose; Antony Penrose (Introduction by)
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
A new edition of this classicillustrated survey on the lifeand work of Spanishsurrealist Joan Miró byhistorian and close friendRoland Penrose.Among the great twentieth-century masters, the surrealist painter Joan Miró stands out for the atmosphere of wit and spontaneity that pervades his work. Author an ...Show more
Picasso by Roland Penrose
Category: Art and Design | Series: Colour library
This series acts as an introduction to key artists and movements in art history. Each title contains 48 full-page colour plates, accompanied by extensive notes, and numerous comparative illustrations in colour or black and white, a concise introduction, select bibliography and detailed source informatio ...Show more
The Four Little Girls and Desire Caught by the Tail by Pablo Picasso; Roland Penrose (Translator)
Category: Fiction | Series: Alma Classics 101 Pages Ser.
In the 1940s, Picasso wrote two plays in French: the first, Desire Caught by the Tail, was conceived during the German occupation of Paris and features a cast of grotesque allegorical characters such as the Onion, Silence or Fat Anxiety discussing the crucial wartime themes of hunger, cold and love; the ...Show more
The Road is Wider Than Long by Roland Penrose
Category: Poetry
This special facsimlie edition provides a fascinating glimpse into the lives of two artists and their journey of discovery in a world that would be soon be transformed forever. Altogether this affecting and intimate publication has an important place in the history of Surrealist literature. In 1938, as ...Show more
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