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Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) belonged to the same generation as the founders of French Impressionism, but though he started out as a "plein-air" painter with the same aims as Pissarro and Monet, he soon parted company with them and began to engage in a solitary struggle to achieve an ideal of artistic perfection which goes far beyond the aims of Impressionism and makes him the father of modern art. The forty-nine plates of the present volume span the entire career of this earliest and greatest of modern painters. All the color reproductions are based on specially taken photographs and have been carefully compared to the originals. Several details show the master's brush-strokes in original size. -- Form publisher's description

The precious collection of paintings has established the Hermitage’s reputation as one of the most important museums in the world, but the architectural ensemble on the banks of the Neva is also a masterpiece of world architecture. This magical triad of important paintings, treasures from around the world, and architecture attracts an ever-growing stream of visitors each year to St. Petersburg, a city full of wonders shaped by its rich history.

The founder of abstract art The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), who later lived in Germany and France, is one of the pioneers of twentieth-century art. Nowadays he is regarded as the founder of abstract art and is, moreover, the chief theoretician of this type of painting. Together with Franz Marc and others he founded the group of artists known as the "Blauer Reiter" in Munich. His art then freed itself more and more from the object, eventually culminating in the "First Abstract Watercolour" of 1910. In his theoretical writings Kandinsky repeatedly sought the proximity of music; and just as in music, where the individual notes constitute the medium whose effect stems from harmony and euphony, Kandinsky was aiming for a pure concord of colour through the interplay of various shades. Gauguin had demanded that everything "must be sacrificed to pure colours". Kandinsky was the first to realise this and thus to influence a whole range of artists. About the Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Art series

The Blaue Reiter (Blue Rider) group of artists was formed in Munich in 1911 on the initiative of two leading artists of Modernism: Wassily Kandinsky, the pioneer of purely abstract painting, and Franz Marc, the creator of mysterious, abstracted animal pictures. The Russian and the German, together with many other visionary painters in their train, hoped to pursue a new spirit in art. They wanted nothing less than an apotheosis of the spiritual in art. The outbreak of the Great War seemed to put a brutal end to what was at the time the most important avant-garde movement in Germany, but its influence continued unabated and inspired whole generations of international artists to create similar utopias.

Mondrian. Das Werk Piet Mondrians ist äußerst vielseitig: Von impressionistischer Landschaftsmalerei über Kubismus gelan

The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky is one of the pioneers of 20th-century art and is regarded as the founder of abstract art. Through critical insight and analysis, Duchting provides a complete portrait of this established and foundational artist.

THIS BOOK ON MIRO IS A FINE EXAMPLE OF A SUCCESSFUL BOOK ON AN ARTIST. HIMSELF A PAINTER AND WRITER, THE AUTHOR WALTER ERBEN SUCCEEDED IN ENGAGING HIS GREAT "COLLEAGUE" IN NUMEROUS PRIVATE CONVERSATIONS AT THE ARTIST'S HOUSE IN MALLORCA. IN THESE TALKS MIRO GAVE ERBEN MANY INTERESTING AND INVALUABLE INSIGHTS INTO HIS ART, AS WELL AS HIS OWN INTERPRETATIONS OF HIS MOST SIGNIFICANT WORKS. THE LAST CHAPTER OF THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY HAJO DUCHTING, AN ART HISTORIAN AND PAINTER, WHO WAS BORN IN DUSSELDORF IN 1949 AND CURRENTLY LECTURES IN THE HISTORY OF ART AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH. HE HAS SUPPLEMENTED ERBEN'S TEXT WITH A CHAPTER ON MIRO'S LATER LIFE AS WELL AS NUMEROUS INTERPRETATIONS OF A SELECTED NUMBER OF WORKS.

Georges Seurat (1859-1891) literally "got to the point" in a career that lasted little more than a decade but revolutionized painting technique. He spearheaded a new movement (Neoimpressionism) and brought a degree of scientific rigor to investigations of color that would prove profoundly influential. This book surveys the master pointillist's life and work.

"This look at Klee's life and art displays the many facets that make his career so intriguing. Filled with personal photographs, quotations from the artist, and reproductions of his colourful paintings, watercolours, and prints, this volume introduces readers to the various themes that occupied Klee throughout his life."--Global Books in Print

This lively and accessible introduction to one of the world's most beloved artists is filled with color illustrations, fascinating biographical information and insight into Picasso's artistic development. What did Spain look like when Picasso was born? What kind of community did he grow up in? What was his studio like? Who were the people who had the most influence on his art? The answers to these and other questions help bring into focus the Spanish artist's brilliant career and his influence on twentieth-century art. Color reproductions of his masterpieces interspersed with photographs of Picasso's personal life are presented in a dynamic layout. Picasso's anti-war stance, his tumultuous love affairs, and his outspokenness are all examined with journalistic verve. This book provides not only a solid background on Picasso's monumental body of work, but also offers anecdotes, historical context, and a fresh perspective on an enigmatic and endlessly compelling figure. AUTHOR: Hajo Duchting is an art historian and author of numerous books, including Paul Klee: Painting Music. ILLUSTRATIONS 120 illustrations