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Sally Hazelet Drummond is believed to be the first female graduate of the Hite Art Institute with a masters in painting in 1952. It was during her study at the University of Louisville that she further explored Abstract Expressionism, a style that started only a decade earlier in the 1940s. In 1953...

Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brecht-ian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the Birthday Party and Einstürzande...

Before Marilyn tells the story of Marilyn Monroe's modelling career, during which time she was signed to the famous Blue Book Agency in Hollywood. The head of the agency, Miss Emmeline Snively, saw potential in the young woman and kept detailed records and correspondence throughout their professional...

Lord Frederic Leighton was one of the most famous British artists of the nineteenth century. He preferred to paint subject matter that was connected to ancient Greek and Roman mythology and intended for his paintings to be visually beautiful. Leighton's paintings have a reputation for bright colors...

Décryptez l’art de Jean-François Millet en moins d’une heure !Surnommé le peintre des paysans, Jean-François Millet se consacre, dans un XIXe siècle définitivement en marche vers l’industrialisation, à peindre le monde rural, peu à peu englouti... Loin de servir une cause politique, il...

Ouvriers et procédés est un recueuil d'articles d'Antoine Albalat publiés dans la Nouvelle Revue de 1891 à 1895. Ces articles exposent les idées d'Albalat sur le rôle de la critique. On retrouve en germe les idées qui meubleront ses livres subséquents....

The first biography in over sixty years of a great American artist whose paintings are more famous than the man who made them. George Catlin has been called the “first artist of the West,” as none before him lived among and painted the Native American tribes of the Northern Plains. After...

Paul Gauguin par Charles Morice est un texte de référence sur l’artiste, par un contemporain engagé dans l’aventure de la peinture de son époque. Charles Morice (1860-1919) est d'abord un écrivain et poète, engagé dans l'aventure du Symbolisme (qui lui doit son nom). Mais c'est...

Dieser Band enthält drei Rembrandt-Essays, die Simmel 1914 in verschiedenen Zeitschriften veröffentlichte. Inhalt: Rembrandts religiöse Kunst Rembrandt - Eine Studie Rembrandt und die Schönheit

The definitive biography of Turner and a major source of inspiration for the acclaimed film Mr Turner, directed by Mike Leigh. 'With splendid clarity and shrewd humour, James Hamilton evokes the visceral world of a great artist and a fascinating character.' MIKE LEIGH J.M.W Turner exhibited...

Through letters, memoirs, contemporary documents, and a stunning assemblage of photographs - many of which have never before been published - author Ron McCrea tells the fascinating story of the building of Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, which would be the architect's principal residence for the rest...

Adrian Ludwig Richter war ein bedeutender Maler und Zeichner der deutschen Romantik und des Biedermeiers. Dies ist seine Autobiographie.

Victor Togliani è stato ed è pittore, scultore, figlio d’arte, musicista, quasi astemio, costruttore di astronavi, daltonico, insegnante, malato di fantascienza ed effetti speciali, fiero sostenitore dell’emisfero cerebrale destro, lettore accanito di Castaneda e di Sitchin, sceneggiatore, sognatore...

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