Christopher Finch, an artist and photographer, has recently ventured into writing noir-inflected mystery novels. These stories, set in New York City during the late 1960s and featuring private investigator Alex Novalis, are deeply informed by his personal experiences in the city's art world. Finch masterfully evokes the atmosphere of an era when parts of the city were an urban wilderness and artists toiled in sparse loft spaces. His writing offers a compelling blend of atmospheric setting and intriguing mystery.
A nostalgic collection of Norman Rockwell's scenes of twentieth century American life includes all of the Saturday Evening Post covers plus paintings, drawings, and graphics from every period of the artist's career--with many foldout pages.
Finch, Christopher
Traces the career of the beloved cartoonist while exploring the diverse artistic and cinematographic techniques he used to make his animated and live action films
Covers more than 500 different beers from all over the world and provides photographs of beer collectables such as labels, posters, beer mats and emblems
Die Biografie zum großen amerikanischen Künstler Nach der hoch gelobten Monografie über das Werk von Chuck Close, einem der wichtigsten zeitgenössischen Künstler der USA, legt Christopher Finch nun die erste autorisierte Biografie des Malers vor. Finch, seit Jahrzehnten ein enger Vertrauter von Close, erzählt dessen außergewöhnliches Leben, das ein beispielloses Exempel künstlerischen Wollens und Durchhaltevermögens angesichts großer Herausforderungen ist. Zahlreiche Fotografien aus dem privaten Archiv des Künstlers sowie hochwertige Farbreproduktionen seiner Werke ergänzen den Text.
An eye-dazzling delight, celebrating some of the greatest masters of the watercolor medium with an extravagant and beautiful selection of illustrations. 398 illustrations, 247 in full color.
At the outset of his career, Norman Rockwell was not the most likely candidate for long-term celebrity; he was just one of many skillful illustrators working within the conventions of the day. But there was something tenacious about his vision, and somet It seems familiar because it was everyone's dream of America; and it was unique because only Rockwell managed to bring it to life with such authority. This was, perhaps, an America that never existed, but it was an America the public wanted to exist. And Rockwell put it together from elements that were there for everyone to see. Rockwell helped preserve American myths, but, more than that, he recreated them and made them palatable for new generations. His function was to reassure people, to remind them of old values in times of rapid change.
