History - Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)
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Leonora Carrington: Surrealism, Alchemy and Art
$55.99 Add to cartNow available in paperback, this book remains the definitive survey of the life and work of Surrealist artist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011).
Carrington burst onto the Surrealist scene in 1936, when,- Author: Aberth, Susan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: March 28 2010
- ISBN10: 1848220561
- Language: English
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Radical Harmony: Helene Kr?ller-M?ller’s Neo-Impressionists
$50.00 Add to cartCaptivating artworks by renowned painters including Seurat and Signac are explored alongside pieces by lesser-known Neo-Impressionists, such as Anna Boch
This catalogue accompanies the National Galle- Author: Domercq, Julien
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 13 2026
- ISBN10: 1857097378
- Language: English
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Ensor
$20.00 Add to cartAn Expressionist before the term was coined, James Ensor (1860-1949) was the classic insider-outsider enigma. He knew all the right art-world figures but loathed most of them. His style lurched from t
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Becks-Malorny, Ulrike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: January 15 2016
- ISBN10: 3836560569
- Language: English
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Paris in Ruins: Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
$21.99 Add to cartFrom the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the “Terrible Year” by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans–then imperiled aga
- Author: Smee, Sebastian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 03 2026
- ISBN10: 1324116765
- Language: English
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Old Masters, New World: America’s Raid on Europe’s Great Pictures
$25.00 Add to cartA spellbinding account of the rapacious pursuit of the most exquisite paintings in the world
In the Gilded Age, newly wealthy and culturally ambitious Americans began to compete for Europe’s extraord- Author: Saltzman, Cynthia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: July 28 2009
- ISBN10: 0143115316
- Language: English
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Dal? in 400 Images
$30.00 Add to cartAccessible yet original, this comprehensive guide to Salvador Dal? contains over 400 color reproductions and a unique selection of historical photographs.
Dal? in 400 Images explores the full range of- Author: Jeffett, William
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: August 05 2025
- ISBN10: 9464781149
- Language: English
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Art of the Nordic Nations: Modernism, Freedom, & Identity 1870-1950
$60.00 Add to cartModern art from the Nordic countries—Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland—tends to be represented by a few famous artists, and an aesthetic known for combining originality and continuity
- Author: Fauchereau, Serge
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: November 11 2025
- ISBN10: 0500029563
- Language: English
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Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100
$50.00 Add to cartA lively history of Surrealism, from its beginnings in Paris to its expansion into an international artistic movement
Dreamworld: Surrealism at 100 celebrates the centennial of Andr? Breton’s Manifest- Author: Affron, Matthew
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 308
- Publish Date: November 25 2025
- ISBN10: 0876333080
- Language: English
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New Deal Art
$24.95 Add to cartWhat role should the arts play in a democracy? At the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal turned crisis into opportunity. Through unprecedented federal funding f
- Series: World of Art
- Author: Murphy, John P.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0500205027
- Language: English
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Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the Wertheimers
$20.00 Add to cartJean Strouse captures the dramas, mysteries, intrigues, and tragedies surrounding John Singer Sargent’s portraits of the Wertheimer family.
Jean Strouse’s Family Romance: John Singer Sargent and the W- Author: Strouse, Jean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: October 07 2025
- ISBN10: 1250397766
- Language: English
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Manet and Morisot
$75.00 Add to cartAn intimate exploration of an artistic friendship at the heart of the Impressionist movement
?douard Manet (1832-1883) was a pioneer of modern painting, and Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) was the sole fe- Author: Beeny, Emily A.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 14 2025
- ISBN10: 030028098X
- Language: English
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Art for All. Impressionists
$40.00 Add to cartThis inspiring collection covers the work, the lives, and the enduring impact of five key Impressionists, in one volume that’s a primer and a celebration of probably the most popular artistic genre of
- Author: Growe, Bernd
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 504
- Publish Date: August 11 2025
- ISBN10: 3754401416
- Language: English
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Vanessa Bell: Modern Living
$21.95 Add to cartThe painter Vanessa Bell initiated a step change in modern British art, bringing the bright palette and bold stylization of the Parisian avant-garde to London. She was a central figure in the Bloomsbu
- Series: V&a Artists in Focus
- Author: McKever, Rosalind
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 0500481059
- Language: English
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Futurism: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
From the motorcar to the radio, modern technology radically transformed urban life by the first decade of the twentieth century. As one of Western- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Merjian, Ara H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: May 27 2025
- ISBN10: 0192871005
- Language: English
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Monet: The Bigger Picture
$40.00 Add to cartMonet’s breathtaking artistry comes fully alive in this luxurious volume that features dozens of exquisite reproductions; forty- eight extra pages on six fold-out spreads; colored edges; and a printed… [more below]
- Author: Sefrioui, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: April 01 2025
- ISBN10: 3791377825
- Language: English
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Van Gogh: The Bigger Picture
$40.00 Add to cartVan Gogh’s sublime artistry comes alive in this luxuriously packaged volume that features a canvas cover, impeccable reproductions of all the major works, and 48 extra pages on 6 fold-out spreads.
Fro- Author: Sefrioui, Anne
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: November 19 2024
- ISBN10: 3791377590
- Language: English
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Tamara de Lempicka
$65.00 Add to cartA landmark retrospective on the Art Deco painter exploring her intersectional identities
Tamara de Lempicka (1894-1980), the “Baroness with a Brush,” is often cast as one of Art Deco’s most celebrate- Author: Mori, Gioia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 296
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 0300278500
- Language: English
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Van Gogh: The Bigger Picture
$24.99 Add to cartFrom the kitchen of a world-renowned chef comes this treasury of authentic Mexican recipes inspired by the painter Frida Kahlo and filled with mouthwatering photography.
A little-known fact about icon- Author: Castellanos, Gabriela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 3791393200
- Language: English
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Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes
$45.00 Add to cartWhile surrealism’s treatment of the body has been much researched, the role of landscape has rarely been examined. Published one hundred years after Andr? Breton wrote the Surrealist Manifesto, Forbid
- Author: Clayton, Eleanor
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 0500028036
- Language: English
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How to Be Avant-Garde: Modern Artists and the Quest to End Art
$32.99 Add to cart“Art has poisoned our life,” proclaimed Dutch artist and De Stijl cofounder Theo van Doesburg. Reacting to the tumultuous crises of the twentieth century, especially the horrors of World War I, avant-
- Author: Falconer, Morgan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 18 2025
- ISBN10: 1324051426
- Language: English
