Individual Artist category: 1922 books

Cover of Paula Rego's Map of Memory

Paula Rego's Map of Memory

National and Sexual Politics

by Maria Manuel Lisboa
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

This title was first published in 2003. The artist Paula Rego was born in Portugal but has lived in Britain since 1951. In this well-illustrated book, Maria Manuel Lisboa explores the background behind Rego's decision to leave the land of her birth and, in doing so, provides fascinating insights into...
Cover of Caroline van Hook Bean: The Last of the Impressionists
by Robert Livingstone
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011

This book is dedicated to the life and career of Caroline van Hook Bean, (1879-1980). Trained by some of the first and greatest of America's Impressionist painters, Caroline went on to perhaps the longest active career of any American artist. From 1905-1921 Caroline was involved with the New York art...
Cover of Complete Works of Albrecht Dürer (Delphi Classics)
by Albrecht Dürer, Delphi Classics
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009

The greatest German Renaissance artist, Albrecht Dürer produced a vast body of works, including altarpieces, religious works, portraits, copper engravings and woodcuts. Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe when he was still in his twenties, due to his high-quality woodcut...
Cover of Cybernethisms

Cybernethisms

Aldo Giorgini’s Computer Art Legacy

by Esteban García Bravo
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015

Working extensively as both artist and scientist, Aldo Giorgini (1934-1994) was one of the first computer artists to combine software writing with early printing technologies. His innovative process involved producing pen-plotted drawings that were embellished by painting, drawing, photography, and...
Cover of Federico Barocci

Federico Barocci

Inspiration and Innovation in Early Modern Italy

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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2017

Reviewers of a recent exhibition termed Federico Barocci (ca. 1533–1612), 'the greatest artist you’ve never heard of'. One of the first original iconographers of the Counter Reformation, Barocci was a remarkably inventive religious painter and draftsman, and the first Italian artist to incorporate...
Cover of Kurt Schwitters

Kurt Schwitters

Space, Image, Exile

by Megan R. Luke
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2014

German artist Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) is best known for his pioneering work in fusing collage and abstraction, the two most transformative innovations of twentieth-century art. Considered the father of installation art, Schwitters was also a theorist, a Dadaist, and a writer whose influence...
Cover of Artist Development: A practical guide to making it in the music Industry
by Aagaard Lotte
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2015

Music business Pro writes new must-read guide for those ”Aiming4fame” It takes a lot of hard work to make it in the music industry. But if you really want to, you can make it. Talent Manager from TGM Lotte Aagaard, who has 30 years of experience in the business, presents a guide to all...
Cover of George Littlechild

George Littlechild

The Spirit Giggles Within

by George Littlechild
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

George Littlechild: The Spirit Giggles Within is a stunning retrospective of a career that has spanned nearly four decades. Featuring more than 150 of the Plains Cree artist’s mixed-media works, this sumptuous collection showcases the bold swaths of colour and subtle textures of Littlechild’s...
Cover of West Coast Sketchbook: Paint Brush Sketches and Tales of a Field Artist
by Mary Lou Crerar
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2012

This sketchbook is a collection of sketches of the west coast of Canada that landscape artist, Mary Lou Crerar, has done over the last several years from the sea and from the land. Some were done from a sailboat, others from commercial craft and pleasure boats.Contending with the speed of the boats,...
Cover of A Window to Another Dimension

A Window to Another Dimension

The Art of Orna Ben-Shoshan

by Orna Ben-Shoshan
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016

Artist Orna Ben-Shoshan demonstrates virtuous well-executed painting skills. Her artwork is created through a long and meticulous process. Orna is an autodidact artist that never attained formal art education. Being qualified as a graphic designer and illustrator, she developed her distinct style along...
Cover of Irene Rice Pereira

Irene Rice Pereira

Her Paintings and Philosophy

by Karen A. Bearor
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2010

Artist Irene Rice Pereira was a significant figure in the New York art world of the 1930s and 1940s, who shared an interest in Jungianism with the better-known Abstract Expressionists and with various women artists and writers seeking "archetypal" imagery. Yet her artistic philosophy and innovative imagery...
Cover of Other Planes of There

Other Planes of There

Selected Writings

by Renée Green
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2014

For more than two decades, the artist Renée Green has created an impressive body of work in which language is an essential element. Green is also a prolific writer and a major voice in the international art world. Other Planes of There gathers for the first time a substantial collection of the work...
Cover of 100 Drawings
by Gustav Klimt
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2013

Gustav Glück, director of Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, wrote as early as 1922 of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) that his drawings were perhaps his ultimate artistic achievement. This founder of Secessionsstil and leader of the revolt against the Viennese academies was able to achieve greater freedom...
Cover of Born Again Artist
by Charles Bronson
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2013

From Charles Bronson himself:It's back. It's crazy. It's mind blowing. It's on the edge. It’s total bonkers! It's dark. It's brain explosive material. Hell ... it's me ... I'm back!I never really disappeared ... I'm always here. You just can't see me in the darkness. I live in a box in the shadows....
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