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Florine Stettheimer by Karin Althaus; Susanne Böller
Category: Art and Design | Series: Great Masters in Art Ser.
When the Museum of Modern Art sent its first exhibition to Europe, Florine Stettheimer (1871-1944) joined Georgia O'Keeffe as the only women included. Stettheimer's sensuous paintings and eccentric poetry earned her a place at the heart of the modernist avant-garde. The guest lists for her extravagant N ...Show more
Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Art, Her Home by Francisco de la Mora
Category: Graphic Novels | Series: Art Masters Ser.
Endorsed by the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico City, this graphic novel explores the public and private faces of iconic artist Frida KahloFrida Kahlo, remembered as one of the most inspiring personalities of the 20th century, was a woman of two intertwined parts: she was both a charismatic and empowered a ...Show more
Goya: Masters of Art by Paola Rapelli
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
At times regarded as the first modern artist, Goya was both a court painter to the Spanish Crown and a commentator on the tumultuous events of his time. Overflowing with impeccably reproduced images, this book offers full page spreads of masterpieces as well as highlights of smaller details - allowing t ...Show more
Gustav Klimt by Wilfried Rogasch
Category: Art and Design | Series: Great Masters in Art Ser.
An overview of Gustav Klimt's life and work commemorating the 160th anniversary of the artist's birth. Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) is an artist particularly associated with Viennese Jugendstil and the "Golden Age." As a sought-after painter of frescoes and the founding president of the Vienna Secession ...Show more
Hermann Stenner - A Pioneer of German Expressionism by Christoph Wagner
Category: Art and Design | Series: Great Masters in Art Ser.
An intimate and bibliophilic artist monograph of the German Expressionist Hermann Stenner. Hermann Stenner (1891-1914) was one of the most remarkable talents of the twentieth century. His promising career was cut short death by his death in battle in World War I when he was twenty-three. Stenner's body ...Show more
Hieronymus Bosch - Masters of Art by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Explore Hieronymus Bosch's fantastic illustrations of the afterlife and other religious concepts and narratives. Although Bosch's known works amount to no more than two dozen paintings and a handful of drawings, the artist had an enormous impact on religious imagery during his lifetime and for centu ...Show more
Holbein: Masters of Art by FLORIAN HEINE
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
This introduction to the work of the 16th-century master portraitist Hans Holbein reveals the impressive and surprising scope of his career. 16th-century Europe was a time of unprecedented economic expansion, cross-cultural trade, religious upheaval, warring empires, and scientific advancement. With ...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
Kahlo - Masters of Art by Eckhard Hollmann
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Discover the life and work of Frida Kahlo in this introduction to the iconic Mexican artist.Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and elegant book offers full page reproductions of a selectio ...Show more
Klimt: Masters of Art by ANGELA WENZEL
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
The story of Klimt's astonishing artistic career is told in this beautifully produced collection of reproductions, photographs and drawings with an accompanying text that places the artist in a unique historical moment and reflects his fierce appetite for life and beauty. Gustav Klimt's career strad ...Show more
Lucian Freud - Masters of Art by Brad Finger
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Get to know the master figurative painter Lucian Freud who depicted humanity with a poet's gaze and a perfectionist's eye for detail. Lucian Freud dedicated his life to portraying the people in his world without flattery or refinement. Although his technique and style evolved tremendously over the d ...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