painting, modern

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painting, modern

Naive painting

1979
Discusses naive painting as an art form and presents 72 reproductions of the work of 60 representative artists.

Painters of light

the world of impressionism
1978

Cubism and futurism

the evolution of the self-sufficient picture
1979
Examines the origins and evolution of Cubism and Futurism, with brief biographies of 26 artists and reproductions of 64 paintings.

Expressionism

from artistic commitment to the beginning of a new era
1979

Mexican painters

Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and other artists of the social realist school
1989
An illustrated examination of the lives of modern Mexican artists, looking at their achievements in relation to the movement through which formal Mexican art was reborn.

Old masters, new world

America's raid on Europe's great pictures : 1880-World War I
2008
Examines the history of Americans bringing famous works of European art over to the galleries in the United States, which includes the transportation of pieces from Raphaels, Rembrandts, and Vermeers; and describes the lives of the wealthy buyers who bought them.

My brother Vincent Van Gogh

2002
Draws from letters written by Vincent van Gogh's brother Theo to examine the life and art of the nineteenth-century Dutch painter, and includes artistic exercises and games, as well as numerous illustrations.

Encounters with great painters

the artists : Bacon, Balthus, Braque, Chagall, Dal?, Delvaux, L?ger, Matisse, Mir?, Picasso, Van Dongen
2001
Presents profiles and photographs of eleven of the world's greatest painters, drawn from the archives of "Paris Match" magazine.

Edouard Manet

1984
Contains forty color plates, supplemented by black-and-white reproductions with text and commentary on Manet's life and his works.

The Eiffel Tower, Robert Delaunay

1988
Stimulates appreciation of Delaunay's work by means of visual games involving his paintings of the Eiffel Tower. Includes puzzles, things to draw, and trick pages to manipulate.

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