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Egon Schiele - Masters of Art by Isabel Kuhl
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An elegant introduction to Egon Schiele's career, this book untangles the mysteries and misunderstandings behind his genius. Egon Schiele left an enormous artistic legacy that is all the more powerful for the brevity of his career. Isabel Kuhl's lively text follows Schiele's trajectory from an artis ...Show more
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner by Thorsten Sadowsky
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Hieronymus Bosch - Masters of Art by Brad Finger
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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
Johannes Itten by Christoph Wagner
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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 | 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
Koloman Moser by Elisabeth Leopold; Stefan Kutzengerber
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Admired by contemporaries as an artistic jack-of-all-trades, Koloman Moser (1868-1918) is regarded today as one of the most important representatives of the Viennese Secession art movement, alongside Gustav Klimt. As a graphic artist and designer, Moser was unparalleled in his artistic diversity, applyi ...Show more
Lucian Freud - Masters of Art by Brad Finger
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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
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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
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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
Magritte - Masters of Art by Alexander Adams
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
This revelatory examination of the Surrealist master updates prevailing theories about Magritte's life and beliefs, and offers a surprising new assessment of an artist who strived for anonymity rather than fame. Throughout his career, Magritte subverted expectations about artists in the world by dis ...Show more
Pablo Picasso: Masters of Art by Rosalind Ormiston
Category: Art | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Discover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades--and included thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and tapest ...Show more
Rubens - Masters of Art by Michael Robinson
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Arguably the greatest artist of the Baroque period, Peter Paul Rubens was an accomplished painter and draftsman, as well as a valued diplomat. This accessible examination of his life and work looks at every aspect of Rubens's oeuvre; from his commissioned portraits of royalty and the nobility to his mag ...Show more