Individual Artists

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Oh, for the days when the title “Working Girl” referred to the feel-good movie with Melanie Griffith.

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“the reader is immersed into the story of art.”

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As part of Prestel’s Masters of Art series, Chagall offers an introductory foundation to the life and works of Russian painter Marc Chagall (1887–1985).

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“an important analysis and catalogue of a genius at work with a smirk on his never-seen face. The aggregate of his art is Banksy’s validation and legacy.

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Ah, Raphael. The Raphael. The one and only Raphael who formed part of the famous trinity of High Renaissance polymath artists along with Michelangelo and Leonardo Da Vinci.

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Hannah Höch is the paperback version of the catalog that accompanied a 2014 exhibition of Höch’s work in the Whitechapel Gallery, London.

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Munch in Dialogue demonstrates why Munch is a heavy hitter in the art history world.

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“This book is for art lovers, and lovers of beauty and truth who value the human spirit that will not be denied by the destructive forces that humans have created.

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“one will need to explore for oneself the captivating world that created the context for BFC’s existence.

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“Unfortunately, this isn’t the accurate biography it purports to be.”

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Homer was an expressive artistic powerhouse, and the Cullercoats work proves his versatility.”

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“Mona Kuhn: Works will secure her prominence as an artist who has a love for life and and the ability to manifest that love through beautiful photography.

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Raggin’ On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson’s House and Journals may look like a book, but it is really an entire life devoted to art with which an effort to compact, to condense an

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“In Pollock Confidential, they’re given a fascinating slice of this mercurial artist’s life, a strange marriage between a conservative government intrigue and rebellious creativity

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Alexander “Sandy” Calder (1898–1976) lives larger than life in Jed Perl’s Part 2 biography.

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Renaissance thinking was not just about making men smarter, more intellectual, and open minded (although who would complain about that happening!).

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Monet: The Garden Paintings makes a charming exhibition souvenir and a perfect memento in reverence to a prominent and beloved artist.”

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Art history in the Golden Age is not the exclusive domain of Michelangelo’s Italy or Bruegel’s Netherlands. Other countries in Europe also produced prominent artists during that era.

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Paula Rego: The Art of Story is an extensive monograph covering the breadth of a 60-year artistic career which, for all intents and purposes, could be summed up in one word: intense.

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“Packed with 155 images of paintings, sketches, and copies of handwritten letters, Van Gogh's Inner Circle is a unique and welcome perspective on Van Gogh’s varied behaviors and ch

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Louise Bourgeois: An Intimate Portrait is an art book in the way an antique rococo picture frame might be art.

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“Lucy Jones has earned a place of distinction among contemporary expressionist visionaries.”

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After Leonardo Di Vinci there was Rembrandt and before Picasso there was Rembrandt.

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“Paint[s] an engaging picture of an artistic master who, for a figurative painter, was as generous with precise detail, symbolism and personal motives, as he was with color, while never dis

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