Art in Vienna 1898-1918 - Klimt, Kokoschka, Schiele and their contemporaries by Peter Vergo
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art
The artistic stagnation of Vienna at the end of the 19th century was rudely shaken by the artists of the Vienna Secession. Their work shocked a conservative public, but their successive exhibitions, their magazine Ver Sacrum, and their application to the applied arts and architecture soon brought them a ...Show more
Bento's Sketchbook by John Berger
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art
The seventeenth-century philosopher Baruch Spinoza-generally known as Benedict (or Bento) de Spinoza-spent the most intense years of his short life writing. A keen draughtsman, he also carried with him a sketchbook. After his sudden death, his friends rescued letters, manuscripts, notes, but apparently ...Show more
Mark Rothko - Toward the Light in the Chapel by Annie Cohen-Solal
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Jewish Lives
Mark Rothko, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, was born in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in 1903. He immigrated to the United States at age ten, taking with him his Talmudic education and his memories of pogroms and persecutions in Russia. His integration into American society began ...Show more
Inventing Impressionism: Paul Durand-Ruel and the Modern Art Market by Sylvie Patry
$82.00 AUD
Category: Art
One of the most forward-thinking art dealers of all time, Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) played a crucial role in the rise of French Impressionism. This book explores how Durand-Ruel discovered, exhibited, and shaped an audience for Impressionist paintings at a time when they were not yet appreciated. Dur ...Show more
Van Gogh: The Birth of an Artist by Sjraar Van Heugten (Chief Curator of Drawings, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam)
$89.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Mercatorfonds
In 1878, at age 25, Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) arrived in the area of Belgium known as the Borinage to work as a Protestant evangelist in rural coal mining communities. He failed in that vocation, and after months of soul-searching, in August 1880, he decided to become an artist. This fascinating publ ...Show more
Painting Beyond Pollock by Morgan Falconer
$95.00 AUD
Category: Art
An authoritative history of painting of the past 70 years, tracing its development and critical reception from Jasper Pollock to present day.
Breakfast with Lucian by Geordie Greig
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art
For ten years Geordie Greig was among a very small group of friends who regularly met Lucian Freud for breakfast at Clarke's restaurant on Kensington Church Street. Over tea and the morning papers, Freud would recount stories of his past and discuss art. It was, in effect, Freud's private salon. In this ...Show more
Annette Messager Exhibition/Exposition by Cordula Frevel
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
The French artist Annette Messager (b. 1943) is one of the most important personalities of the international art scene. Her extensive installations focus on the human body and its attributes. Fragmented and joined together again with thread to form something new, she thereby creates a cosmos that is bot ...Show more
Bridget Riley - The Stripe Paintings 1961-2014 by Robert Kudielka
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art
Published on the occasion of Bridget Rileys major exhibition at David Zwirner in London in the summer of 2014, this fully illustrated catalogue offers intimate explorations of paintings and works on paper produced by the legendary British artist over the past 50 years, focusing specifically on her recur ...Show more
This is Van Gogh by George Roddam
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: This is
Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the most powerfully expressive paintings ever seen. Many have made the mista ...Show more
This is Cézanne by Jorella Andrews
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: This is
Paul Cezanne challenged convention, and proposed new possibilities for modern art. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint everyday places, people, and things in ways that revealed the multiplicity and beauty of vision, while also unveiling the deep, cohesive structures of the visible wo ...Show more
Encore New Artisans by Olivier Dupon
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
Craft is no longer a trend; it is now an enshrined aspect of modern life. This sequel to Olivier Dupon's bestselling The New Artisans the book that began it all showcases 60 new makers whose creations will inspire and delight. The book is divided into two sections for ease of reference. The first profil ...Show more