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Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists Edward Lucie-Smith

Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists By Edward Lucie-Smith

Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists by Edward Lucie-Smith


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Summary

Contained here are the strange, sad and intriguing life stories of 100 artists of the 20th century, from Picasso and Duchamp to Louise Bourgeois and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The stories are illustrated with their paintings, including self-portraits, and there is a guide for further reading.

Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists Summary

Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists by Edward Lucie-Smith

Contained here are the sometimes strange, sad and intriguing life stories of 100 artists who have shaped our perceptions of the 20th century. Grouped according to style and era are both the undisputed greats and the controversial, from Picasso and Duchamp to Louise Bourgeois and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The stories are illustrated by their most notable paintings, including self-portraits, and completed with a guide for further reading.

Table of Contents

Towards the modern; the Fauves; the Nabis; cubism; futurism; German expressionism; the Vienna sezession; the Ecole de Paris; the Russians; Dada; metaphysical painting; surrealism; the Bauhaus; the new objectivity; the Mexicans; America between the wars; England between the wars; abstract expressionism; post-war Europe; the heirs of abstract expressionism; American neo-Dada; British pop art; American pop art; the artist not the artwork.

Additional information

GOR002716449
9780500237397
0500237395
Lives of the Great 20th-Century Artists by Edward Lucie-Smith
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
19990510
352
N/A
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