Art Forms

Lucian Freud (1922 - 2011) was one of the most influential artists of his generation. Hailed as the 'greatest living realist painter', Freud's comm...

A key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (18721944) was at once an extraordinary painter and leading art theoretician whose inf...

The controversial, ground-breaking biography of Caravaggio 'A great read; it grabs, it kicks, it lives ... Feel the force of Caravaggio's cutting ...

Recognized as one of the worlds great visionary artists, Pablo Amaringo was renowned for his intricate, colorful paintings inspired by his shamanic...

Lampooned during his lifetime for his style as much as his subject matter, French painter Édouard Manet (18321883) is now considered a crucial figu...

Born into a poor farming family and coming of age during Chinas century of civil strife, Qi Baishi transformed the elite brush art of Chinas litera...

Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the greatest British artists of the twentieth century, first coming to international prominence with his famou...

In this Japanese ink painting book renowned Japanese master Shozo Sato offers his own personal teaching on the beautiful art of sumi-e painting.Sum...

The painted ivories of Norman Sicily count among the most original creations known from medieval Palermo. These small, lavishly decorated objects r...

Timeless Painting presents the work of 17 contemporary painters whose works reflect a singular approach that is peculiarly of our time: they are a-...

Tracing the arc of van Gogh's career, this volume presents his portraits and self-portraits, landscapes, and haunting interiors. Readers will learn...

Patrick Caulfield was a student at the Royal College of Art between 1960-63 alongside David Hockney and Allen Jones. His subject matter draws more ...

This is the illustrated story of New York artist Chris Daze Elliss successful transition from the subways to international studios and galleries. F...

Albrecht Dürer (14711528) is arguably the first truly international artist, a celebrity both during his own lifetime and since. A major artist of t...

The Art of Chinese Brush Painting is an excellent way for newcomers to experience this ancient Chinese art form.The book introduces traditional Chi...

Bringing to life the gorgeous, inspiring art of Monet, Manet, Renoir, Pissarro and their group, Impressionists takes the reader back to Nineteenth ...

Nicholas Krushenick is a key figure in the history of late 20th-century American art. Juxtaposing broad black lines with bold, flat Liquitex colors...

As stubborn as she was gifted, as fierce as she was tender, and notorious for her mannish dress that was provocative and chic in equal measure, Glu...

Who branded painting in the Pop age more brazenly than Richard Hamilton, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, and Ed Ruscha? And who pro...

Painting Accessible Abstracts is an inspirational but practical book that will help artists to paint in a less figurative way.  Laura Reiter demons...

Flowers by Rosie Sanders is a large-format book that showcases over 80 of her finest flower paintings in exquisite detail. Often compared to the ar...

This is a groundbreaking examination of one of the most important artists in the Western tradition by one of the leading art historians and critics...

Gwen John was an artist with a singular vision, one whose intense gaze produced some of the most beguiling and atmospheric paintings of the late ni...

Through my work I return to my native roots, my youth, and the transitory world of innocenceThe role of memory in art is a recognised fact, but in ...

Chinese painter He Sen (born 1968) has been gaining increased attention for his exquisite photorealist paintings of young women. His subjects wear ...

In the latter half of the 19th century, in the verdant countryside near Aix-en-Provence, Paul Cézanne (18391906), busily plied his brush to landsca...

With a career spanning seven decades, Catalan-born Joan Miró (18931983) was a polymath giant of modern art, producing masterworks across painting, ...

Celebrated Pop Surrealist artist Mark Rydens newest body of work, presented in this book for the first time. Crowned the high prince of Lowbrow, Ma...