John Singer Sargent var en amerikansk realist som gikk på skole i Paris og slo seg ned i London.
Thereafter, the media sometimes referred to the group as 'The Irascibles,' or less often as 'The Irascible 18'. The Irascibles' Photo A Life Magazine photograph by Nina Leen, showing fifteen of the eighteen avantgarde artists, ...
“Allover works on account it means no limits, just edges. So I work in the edge, on lots of levels, too.”(415) Head, c.1938-1941. Oil on canvas, 40.6 x 40 cm, Berardo Collection. Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna, Sintra.
Known as either a sacred drug or the worst of poisons, opium rapidly became popular in Great Britain and a source of commerce with Imperial China. This illustrated work presents the history and quasi-religious rites of opium’s use.
Compiled by scholars, this series presents excerpts from the most important and revealing writings of the most remarkable minds of all time.
On the way, he embraced the spirit of the twentieth century without ever disowning his Jewish-Russian origins. This work follows the path of the artist through his early works, his discovery of the United States and his passion for France.
... americanos. Aunque Pollock sólo pasó los primeros meses de su infancia en Cody, nunca hizo nada por corregir la ... típicamente americano, un auténtico visionario, un vaquero y un anticonformista”. LeRoy McCoy era el nombre de nacimiento ...
... típicamente americano, un auténtico visionario, un vaquero y un anticonformista”. LeRoy McCoy era el nombre de nacimiento del padre de Pollock. A la muerte de sus padres, en 1897, fue recogido por una familia llamada Pollock. Diez días ...
They also used hand-painted maps, which, although certainly summary, were marvellously well-drawn. In following the saga of old sailors, from Eric Le Rouge to Robert Peary, Donald Wigal leads us in discovering the New World.
An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland.
This book throws light on a new era in art and on the personality of Pollock through the work which made him the undisputed master of Abstract American Expressionism.
Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century.
"From the early Renaissance through Baroque and Romanticism to Cubism, Surrealism, and Pop, these canonical works of Western Art span eight centuries and a vast range of subjects."--Cover, p. [4].