Individual artists, art monographs

A bridge between the recognized and accepted truths of Claude Lorrain's art and his lesser known, yet equally masterful, graphic works.

Claude Lorrain (1600-1682), an eminent seventeenth-century landscape painter, was an equally talented graphic artist.

In Canada, it can be easy to consider landscape painting as cliche, an art form whose time has passed.

During Rolph Scarlett's remarkable seventy-five year career he was an avant-garde abstract painter, an innovative set designer, an industrial designer, and the creator of unique sculptural jewellery in the American modernist tradition.

One of the most vibrant artists of her generation, Pegi Nicol MacLeod was a charismatic bohemian whose expressive images of the contemporary world were an essential component of Canadian modernism during the 1930s and 1940s.

In The Practice of Her Profession, Susan Butlin draws on unpublished letters and family memoirs to recount Carlyle's personal and professional life.

The life of a brilliant poet, exquisite painter, and rotten salesman.

So, who are you?

Fred spent his youth trying to impress his father, while living in the shadow of his successful older brother.

A Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's fascinating memoir.

De Witt offers a detailed biography based on a thorough review of the documentary evidence.

In The Practice of Her Profession, Susan Butlin draws on unpublished letters and family memoirs to recount Carlyle's personal and professional life.

Fred spent his youth trying to impress his father, while living in the shadow of his successful older brother.

A Russian Paints America presents the first complete English translation of Svin'in's fascinating memoir.

Since his drowning in 1917, Tom Thomson has been recreated by poets, playwrights, novelists, filmmakers, biographers, and other artists as a legendary figure synonymous with Canada and its northern identity.

This splendid book paints a rich portrait of the Russian avant-garde and the intrigues which it saved for posterity.

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This new edition, appearing more than thirty years after the first, contains additional drawings and prints by Pitseolak Ashoona and a new introduction by Eber that provides more information about the artist and the circumstances under which her groundbreaking oral biography came about.

Irene Avaalaaqiaq has received commissions for public buildings from Churchill, Manitoba, to Minneapolis, to Ottawa.

An avid outdoorsman, Pringle began carving decoys in 1898 and in 1928 set himself the goal of producing the best rig of decoys in the world.

In 1947 Leonard and Reva Brooks left for Mexico where Leonard planned to study painting for a year.

Turner was deeply affected by the world in which he lived, the sciences that explained it, and the conflicts and accomplishments of his society.

By imaginatively recreating the play's original staging and debunking the interpretations of various critics, including Aristotle, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, E.

Moving through theoretical, historical, and exegetical analyses of propagandist texts, Reclaiming William Morris brings out the aesthetic underpinnings of nationalist ideology.

In the past, few women artists were commissioned to create public works of art.

Back's journal is particularly valuable because it is the only one that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey.

The book combines candid dialogue, photographs of their drawings, and practical teaching notes.

John Bramblitt makes his living as a visualartist.

LeRoy Neiman was arguably the world's most recognizable contemporary artist until his passing in June 2012.

Learn to draw manga style!

The definitive and authorised biography of the artist Vanessa Bell.

The definitive and authorised biography of the artist Vanessa Bell.

The latest Album, Asterix and the White Iris, is now available!

Im März 1624 ließ sich Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) in Rom nieder.

Translated by Lucinda Byatt This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo.

Translated by Lucinda Byatt This book tells the remarkable story of a rare discovery: the uncovering of two lost paintings by the great Renaissance artist Michelangelo.

In Reasons to Be Happy, Sandy Gingras shares a heartfelt and eclectic list of things that should make everyone smile, all illustrated with her unique watercolor painting.

Evelyn Waugh's first book: a portrait of one of the greatest artists of the nienteenth century, from one of the greatest writers of the twentieth'Biography, as books about the dead are capriciously catalogued, is still very much in the mode'This is a sparkling account of Dante Gabriel Rossetti's tragic and mysterious life, telling the story behind some of the greatest poetry and painting of the nineteenth century.

Experience the wonder of child prodigy Akiane Kramarik's divinely inspired artwork firsthand.

Ireland's Memorial Records, 1914-1918 contain the names of 49,435 enlisted men who were killed in the First World War.

A beautifully illustrated art history and cultural biography, The Street of Wonderful Possibilities focuses on one of the most influential artistic quarters in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries - London's Tite Street, where a staggering amount of talent thrived, including James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Oscar Wilde and John Singer Sargent.

MartinBaileyhas written some of the most interesting books on Vincent's life in France, where he produced his greatest work' - Johan van Gogh, grandson of Theo, the artist's brotherStudio of the South tells the story of Van Gogh's stay in Arles, when his powers were at their height.

A captivating and definitive account of the final days of Van Goghs life and the incredible story of what followed.

Bryan's writing pops and zings like a Basquiat painting NOEL FIELDINGIn Bright Stars, Kate Bryan examines the lives and legacies of 30 great artists who died too young, celebrating their inspirational stories and extraordinary talent.

Bringing together studies by art historians, historians, and political scientists, Fascist Visions explores the themes and paradigms that pervaded protofascist and fascist aesthetic discourse, cultural policy, and artistic production in France and Italy.

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved motherBarbara Chase-Riboud has led a remarkable life.

The extraordinary life story of the celebrated artist and writer, as told through four decades of intimate letters to her beloved motherBarbara Chase-Riboud has led a remarkable life.

Signs of a Struggle illustrates the creative journey, from working-class North East England to the current Queer-art scene of Sydney, through the eyes of award-winning artist Guy James Whitworth.