Donald Wigal: 18 books

Book cover of Historic Maritime Maps
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2014

In the Middle Ages, navigation relied upon a delicate balance between art and science. Whilst respecting the customs and the precautions of their forbearers, sailors had to count on their knowledge of the stars, the winds, the currents, and even of migratory flights. They also used hand-painted maps,...
Book cover of Historische Seekarten
by Donald Wigal
Language: German
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Im Mittelalter beruhte die Navigation auf einem feinen Gleichgewicht aus Kunst und Wissenschaft. Seefahrer, die sich am Wissen und an der Vorsicht ihrer Vorfahren orientierten, mussten sich auf ihre Kenntnisse der Sterne, der Winde, der Meeresströme und sogar der Zugvögel verlassen. Daneben benutzten...
Book cover of Anciennes Cartes marines
by Donald Wigal
Language: French
Release Date: October 30, 2013

Au Moyen Âge, la navigation reposait sur un délicat équilibre entre art et science. Tout en respectant les usages et la prudence de leurs aïeux, les marins devaient compter sur leurs connaissances des étoiles, des vents, des courants et même des vols migratoires. Ils se servaient aussi de cartes...
Book cover of Pollock
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project...
Book cover of Klee
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011

This book is an irresistible addition to those interested in the art of Paul Klee. An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in avant-garde movements in Germany and Switzerland.From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s, and throughout...
Book cover of Sargent
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011

Sargent was born in Florence, in 1856, the son of cultivated parents. When Sargent entered the school of Carolus-Duran he attained much more than the average pupils. His father was a retired Massachusetts gentleman, having practised medicine in Philadelphia. Sargent’s home life was penetrated with...
Book cover of Klee
by Donald Wigal
Language: German
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Paul Klee gehört zu den Künstlern, die sich nur schwerlich einer bestimmten kunstgeschichtlichen Bewegung zuordnen lassen. In engem Kontakt mit Wassily Kandinsky und Franz Marc gehörte er wie diese der expressionistischen Künstlergruppe Der Blaue Reiter an. Später knüpfte er Verbindungen zum...
Book cover of Klee
by Donald Wigal
Language: Spanish
Release Date: January 7, 2014

Paul Klee nació en 1879 en Münchenbuchsee, Suiza, y creció en una familia de músicos. En vez de seguir la tradición musical de la familia, decidió estudiar arte en la academia de Munich. Sin embargo, el amor que durante su niñez sintió por la música siempre fue parte importante en su vida...
Book cover of Klee
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013

An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic...
Book cover of Pollock
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project...
Book cover of Pollock
by Donald Wigal
Language: French
Release Date: December 22, 2011

Jackson Pollock (Cody, Wyoming, 1912 – New York, 1956) Pollock fut le représentant le plus important et le plus influent de l’expressionnisme abstrait. Il avait étudié auprès du régionaliste Thomas Hart Benton, et était également marié au peintre abstrait Lee Krasner (étudiante de Hans...
Book cover of Pollock
by Donald Wigal
Language: French
Release Date: September 15, 2015

Jackson Pollock (Cody, Wyoming, 1912 – New York, 1956) Pollock fut le représentant le plus important et le plus influent de l’expressionnisme abstrait. Il avait étudié auprès du régionaliste Thomas Hart Benton, et était également marié au peintre abstrait Lee Krasner (étudiante de Hans...
Book cover of Klee
by Donald Wigal
Language: French
Release Date: July 1, 2011

Paul Klee (Munchenbuchsee, 1879 – Muralto, 1940) La réputation de Klee était celle d’un artiste introverti et rêveur. C’est une image qu’il cultivait en partie lui-même. En 1911, Klee fut présenté à August Macke. Peu après, il rencontra Marc et Kandinsky. Ils l’accueillirent dans...
Book cover of Opium
by Donald Wigal
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2014

Opium, once used for ritual purposes, is a substance which dulls pain and offers access to an artificial world, and has long been idealized by artists and markets. Baudelaire, Picasso, and Dickens were all inspired to create by the blue clouds of smoke. Known as either a sacred drug or the worst of...
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