Art Monographs
LUC TUYMANS
Written by Tuymans, Luc
Widely credited with having contributed to the revival of painting in the 1990s, Belgian painter Luc Tuymans continues to expand our understanding of the medium.
VELAZQUEZ. THE COMPLETE WORKS
Written by Delenda, Odile
Manet called him "the greatest painter of all." Picasso was so inspired by his masterpiece Las Meninas that he painted 44 variations of it. Francis Bacon painted a study of his portrait of Pope Innocent X. Monet and Renoir, Corot and Courbet, Degas and Dalí...
VAN GOGH. THE COMPLETE PAINTINGS
Written by Metzger, Rainer
Meet Vincent van Gogh, the tortured genius of 19th-century art. This lush tome collects all his 871 paintings, alongside writings and essays, charting the life and work of a master who continues to tower over art to this day. From Sunflowers and The Starry Night to Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, celebrate an artist uniquely dexterous in the representation of texture and mood, light and place.
BOSCH. THE COMPLETE WORKS
Written by Fischer, Stefan
A bird-monster devouring sinners, naked bodies in tantric contortions, a pair of ears brandishing a sharpened blade: with just 20 paintings and nine drawings to his name, Netherlandish visionary Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450-1516) secured his place as a pillar of art history.
WALTON FORD. PANCHA TANTRA. UPDATED EDITION
Written by Buford, Bill
At first glance, Walton Ford's large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals recall the prints of 19th-century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear. A closer look reveals a complex and disturbingly anthropomorphic universe, full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' quality of traditional natural history.
VAN EYCK
Written by Borchert, Till-Holger
Often imitated but never equaled, Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) left an indelible impression on Renaissance art and paved the way for future realist painters. With its unprecedented precision and masterful use of color, The Arnolfini Portrait, depicting the wedding of a young couple, is testament to the mastery of Flemish painter, leader of the Early Netherland School.
BOOK OF FIFTY DRAWINGS
Written by Beardsley, Aubrey
Elegant "near-facsimile" edition of Beardsley's best-known works
KARA WALKER: HYUNDAI COMMISSION
A new book on American artist Kara Walker and her Fall 2019 installation at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall The works of New York-based artist Kara Walker (b. 1969) have been featured prominently in exhibitions around the world since the mid-1990s.
AUBREY BEARDSLEY
Discover the work of Aubrey Beardsley, a complex and intriguing artist who shocked and delighted late-Victorian London
AGNES PELTON: DESERT TRANSCENDENTALIST
Agnes Pelton became famous for her distinctive metaphysical landscape paintings rooted in the imagery of the American Southwest and California. Drawing chiefly on her own inspirations, superstitions, and beliefs, Pelton manifested emotional states in the form of ethereal veils of light, jagged rock forms, shimmering stars, and exaggerated horizons.
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