Francisco Jose de Goya y Lucientes (1746- 1828) had a prolific career and spent the last four years of his life living in Bordeaux with other political emigres from Spain and South America. In those years and just before his departure from Spain he created a body of work that is little known to the public and consists of small-scale, intimate ...
This volume examines 50 of Picasso's one-liners - drawings where the artist's implement touches the paper and does not leave it until the drawing is complete. Quotes from Picasso's writings are placed alongside the drawings which have been worked in a variety of media with many different subjects.
Costume and fashion were a lifelong obsession for James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903). His exquisite depictions of women and the details of their clothing contributed to his career as one of the most accomplished and successful, if controversial, artists of the 19th century. This illustrated manual focuses on fashion in Whistler's art as a key to ...
The Frick Collection in New York ranks among the world's most prestigious art collections. It is the legacy of Henry Clay Frick (1849-1919), a powerful industrialist of the 19th century, who was regarded as one of the most discriminating collectors of his age. Frick spent only five years in his grand neoclassical townhouse, designed to serve both ...
A study of the paintings, drawings, and prints Picasso made after compositions of earlier artists throughout his career, such as a youthful parody of Manet's "Olympia," and variations on Delacroix, Velazquez, and Manet in the 1950s and '60s.
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