painting, modern

Presents color plates of sixty-eight Post-Impressionist art works from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. Includes accompanying narrative.

Presents a history of modern European and American painting. Contains a section devoted to writings by painters and their intimates.

Introduces the life of Vincent van Gogh, a Dutch artist whose paintings had become the most famous and valuable on Earth by the end of the twentieth century.

Presents the paintings, critical comments, and a chronological survey of Manet's life and work.

A brief biography of Henri Rousseau accompanies fifteen color reproductions and critical interpretations of his works.

Describes the life and career of the seventeenth-century Spanish artist famous for his portraits of royalty.

Text and photographs examine the life of this well-known modern painter and the historical and artistic influences on his work.

An illustrated analysis of Spain's golden age that discusses the relationships between Spanish art and Spain's political and socio-economic movements from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries.

Follows the life and artistic development of the painter who moved from Belgium and Holland to France, was influenced by Impressionism, and eventually created his own unique style.

Provides information about the life and times of seventeenth-century Dutch artist Rembrandt, discussing different periods of his life, and looking at his work as a painter, teacher, and etcher.