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Author
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"The first publication dedicated exclusively to Mark Rothko's art during the critical formative period of the 1940s. Examining the development and artistic exploration of one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, this unprecedented volume presents the works of American artist Mark Rothko from the 1940s, a time when his most essential development as a painter occurred, dramatically and in a very compact space of time. During this period,...
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Pub. Date
[2024].
Language
English
Description
"Samia Halaby (b. 1936) is widely recognized as a pioneer of twentieth-century abstraction and computer-generated art. This publication brings together her paintings, prints, and drawings as well as her kinetic works, illustrating how she has developed abstract forms into moving compositions of color and texture."--
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Teri Horton, a 73-year-old former truck driver with an 8th grade education, buys a painting in a thrift shop for five dollars, but unbeknownst to her, the artist is Jackson Pollock. This adventure documents a 15-year war with the art world's inner circle, lifts the veil on how art is bought and sold in America and introduces audiences to the funny, profane and utterly unforgettable Teri Horton.
Author
Series
Publisher
Taschen
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
A key figure in the international avant-garde, Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was at once an extraordinary painter and art theoretician whose influence is as profound today as it ever was. After coining the term "Neo-plasticism", he pursued painting composed only of the most fundamental aspects of primary color (red, yellow, blue) against a grid of black vertical and horizontal lines and a white base background. Mondrian's vision was that this essential...
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