Lively, accessible, and lavishly illustrated, this new book offers a concise introduction to the life and work of this great master of art.
The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is one of the pioneers of 20th-century art and is regarded as the founder of abstract art.
Edvard Munch is considered the most important artist to come out of Scandinavia and he paved the way for Expressionism.
Georges Seurat died in 1891, aged only 32, and yet in a career that lasted little more than a decade he revolutionized technique in painting, spearheaded a new movement, Neoimpressionism, and bought a degree of scientific rigour to his ...
Paul Cézanne, 1839-1906: de la nature à l'art
A artist who had a revolutionary approach to spatial and visual values, Paul Cézanne was one of the great loners in art. This book analyzes his work throughout his life...
Some 280 reproductions in this volume immerse the reader into the delights and horrors of Toulouse-Lautrec's world.
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
The work of Edouard Manet scandalized his compatriots. It was not primarily Manet's new subject matter - the pulsating night life of Paris with its cafes, bars, and cabarets -...
About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 ...
Now available in paperback, this illuminating work examines the fascinating bond between music and painting in Paul Klee's art.A talented violinist as well as a painter, Klee drew much of...
This accessible look at Kleeís life and art displays the many facets that make his career so intriguing. Filled with personal photographs, quotations from the artist, and beautiful reproductions of...