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Egon Schiele by Diethard Leopold
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918) is nowadays regarded as one of the leading pioneers of Modernism in Austria. Although he already enjoyed some success during his lifetime and came to be considered Austria's greatest artist following his death, his outstanding impo rtance for art was recognized only in the ear ...Show more
Emil Nolde: The Great Colour Wizard by Christian Ring
Category: Art | Series: The Great Masters of Art
Emil Nolde was one of the most important exponents of Expressionism, and is considered one of the main precursors of modernism. His virtuosic handling of color and the incomparable expressiveness of his paintings, water colors, and Unpainted Pictures astound viewers again and again, and ensure that ever ...Show more
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner by Thorsten Sadowsky
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.
Henri Matisse by Markus Muller
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
Henri Matisse created an oeuvre that is unparalleled in its brilliance and originality. His colorfully luminescent paintings are a sweeping affirmation of joie - de - vivre, levity and sensitivity. Featuring well - researched texts and numerous illustrations, this volume offers fascinating insights into ...Show more
Johannes Itten by Christoph Wagner
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.
When the State Bauhaus opened in Weimar in 1918, the Swiss artist and art theorist Johannes Itten (1888 - 1967) was one of the first teachers to be appointed by Walter Gropius. With his preliminary course, Itten had a considerable effect on the creative training in the Bauhaus; to this day his insights ...Show more
Lyonel Feininger by Ulrich Luckhardt
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.
Elegant sailing ships, expansive seascapes, crystal - clear spread - out views of architecture - with his unique pictorial language and range of subjects Lyonel Feininger became one of the most important artists of Classic Modernism, whose works remain very popular to this day. It was in Paris that Lyon ...Show more
László Moholy-Nagy by Hans-Michael Koetzle
Category: Art and Design | Series: The\Great Masters of Art Ser.
L szl Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946) was a painter, photographer, Bauhaus teacher, and founder of the New Bauhaus and the School of Design in Chicago--one of the most important artistic figures of the twentieth century. As one of the first artists to work across such a wide range of media--including painting, ...Show more
Pablo Picasso by Markus Muller
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
"Ambiguous work. Where can we start?", wrote the art historian Oscar Schurer in the historic series Junge Kunst about Pablo Picasso's multi - faceted oeuvre back in 1927. Picasso, who was investigating Surrealism at the time, was regarded as a genius even then - and had another 40 years of creati ...Show more
Paul Gauguin by Isabelle Cahn
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
In 1883 Paul Gauguin abandons his prominent banking career and decides that "from now on I will pai nt every day". The co - founder of Synthetism and trailblazer of Expressionism turns his back on the bourgeois world, leaves his wife and children, and, in 1891, sets out for the South Sea, financin ...Show more
Richard Gerstl by Diethard Leopold
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
Richard Gerstl (1883–1908) painted for just four years, but the work he produced in that short period is widely seen as well ahead of his time, including Self Portrait Against a Blue Background and The Fey Sisters. Although Gerstl never exhibited during his lifetime and his innovative work was largely i ...Show more
Vasily Kandinsky by Hajo Duchting
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
Vasily Kandinsky was one of the first painters of abstract art and a founding member of the Blue Rider movement. Although he trained as a lawyer, Kandinsky abandoned this career path to devote himself to art, both as a creator and an influential teacher and theorist at the Bauhaus. Over time, Kandinsky' ...Show more
Vincent Van Gogh by Klaus Fussmann
Category: Art and Design | Series: The Great Masters of Art
Vincent van Gogh's career lasted just a decade, but in this short time he created more than two thousand paintings, including some of the most famous and influential works of Western art. He was also prolific writer, penning hundreds of letters to his brother, Theo, that form an unusually rich record of ...Show more