A biography of the British modern artist, famous for starting the informal 'School of London', which favored figurative painting in an age of abstract painting

Describes individual escapes and attempted escapes from Stalin's camps

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Product Description: From the time of Vincent van Gogh's death in 1890 until the outbreak of World War I, Van Gogh's work came to be seen as the epitome of internationally groundbreaking art--particularly in Germany, where artists like Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and others of Die Brucke (The Bridge) group were fascinated by his technique, his powerful brushwork, his strongly contrasting colors and glowing palette...read more

Product Description: From the screaming heads and snarling chimpanzees of the late 1940s to the anonymous figures trapped in tortured isolation some ten years later, during one crucial decade British artist Francis Bacon created many of the most central and memorable images of his entire career...read more

Product Description: One of the most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of modern times, Francis Bacon was a man of endless contradictions and facets. In this invaluable book Michael Peppiatt, a major art critic and close friend of Bacon’s, offers an entertaining and uniquely well-informed portrait of this complex artist...read more

Product Description: A renowned curator and respected insider of the international art scene since the mid-1960s, Michael Peppiatt has spent his professional life with many of the greatest artists of the 20th century. His close friendships and frequent studio visits with Dubuffet, Sonia Delaunay, Francis Bacon, Henry Moore, Balthus, Oldenburg, Brassaï, and Cartier-Bresson, among many others, have produced an incredible archive of interviews, from formal question-and-answer sessions to off-the-cuff conversations...read more

Product Description: Nicolas de Staël (1914–1955) was one of the most celebrated European painters of the postwar period. His career was brief but intense; in the span of about 15 years he became a leading figure of what is now called the School of Paris...read more

Product Description: Joan Miró was one of the most popular artists of the twentieth century. His brightly colored pictorial hieroglyphs have for generations been the most admired legacy of Surrealism. This catalogue presents an overview of his oeuvre that shows the ways in which the artist drew inspiration from the avant-garde literature of his time...read more