Artists, Architects, Photographers
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Winslow Homer: American Passage
$50.00 Read moreThe definitive life of the painter who forged American identity visually, in art and illustration, with an impact comparable to that of Walt Whitman and Mark Twain in poetry and prose–yet whose own s
- Author: Cross, William R.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: April 12 2022
- ISBN10: 0374603790
- Language: English
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Letters to Gwen John
$29.95 Read moreWith original artworks throughout, an extraordinary fusion of memoir and artistic biography from the acclaimed artist and author of Self-Portrait.
Dearest Gwen, I know this letter to you is an artific- Author: Paul, Celia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: April 26 2022
- ISBN10: 1681376407
- Language: English
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Sargent’s Women: Four Lives Behind the Canvas
$18.95 Read moreIn this seductive, multilayered biography, based on original letters and diaries, Donna M. Lucey illuminates four extraordinary women painted by the iconic high-society portraitist John Singer Sargent
- Author: Lucey, Donna M.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: July 24 2018
- ISBN10: 0393356167
- Language: English
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Genius, Isolated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth
$34.99 Read moreThis lavishly illustrated biography documents the life and art of one of the most significant comics and animation artists of all time.
In comic books, Alex Toth was the foremost proponent of modern- Author: Mullaney, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: September 27 2022
- ISBN10: 168405947X
- Language: English
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The Private Journals of Edvard Munch: We Are Flames Which Pour Out of the Earth
$29.95 Read moreScandinavia’s most famous painter, the Norwegian Edvard Munch (1863-1944), is probably best known for his painting The Scream, a universally recognized icon of terror and despair. (A version was stole… [more below]
- Author: Munch, Edvard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 206
- Publish Date: July 13 2005
- ISBN10: 0299198146
- Language: English
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Best Material for the Artist in the World
$20.00 Read moreThis poetic biography tracks the life and career of landscape artist Albert Bierstadt, whose 19th-century representations of the American west earned him wealth and international acclaim. Relaying th
- Author: Chamlee, Kenneth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 100
- Publish Date: March 20 2023
- ISBN10: 1622889487
- Language: English
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Maxfield Parrish
$39.99 Read moreWe are pleased to bring this classic work back into print. A compendium of the life and work of Maxfield Parrish, it is an essential part of a Parrish library. For the collector, the publisher has inc… [more below]
- Author: Ludwig, Coy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 06 1997
- ISBN10: 0887405274
- Language: English
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Infinity Net: The Autobiography of Yayoi Kusama
$19.95 Add to cartJapanese artist Yayoi Kusama presents Infinity Net, a remarkable memoir that reveals her to be a fascinating figure, channeling her obsessive neurosis into an art that transcends cultural barriers.
- Author: Kusama, Yayoi
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: August 04 2015
- ISBN10: 1849762139
- Language: English
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Vivian Maier: A Photographer’s Life and Afterlife
$20.00 Add to cartWho was Vivian Maier? Many people know her as the reclusive Chicago nanny who wandered the city for decades, constantly snapping photographs, which were unseen until they were discovered in a seemingl… [more below]
- Author: Bannos, Pamela
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 19 2018
- ISBN10: 022659923X
- Language: English
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French Riviera and Its Artists: Art, Literature, Love, and Life on the Côte d’Azur
$19.95 Read moreGet swept up in the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera as author and filmmaker John Baxter takes readers on a whirlwind tour through the star-studded cultural history of the C te d’Azur that’s su… [more below]
- Author: Baxter, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 280
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1940842050
- Language: English
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Karl Lagerfeld: A Life in Fashion
$18.00 Read more“A must-have for every aficionado” (Vogue), the definitive biography of Karl Lagerfeld–the last iconic fashion designer and celebrated creative director of Chanel.
“It starts with me and it ends with- Author: Kaiser, Alfons
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1419766309
- Language: English
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Agnes Martin: Painter, Pioneer, Icon
$19.95 Add to cartThis is an intimate and revealing biography of Agnes Martin, renowned American painter, considered one of the great women artists of the 20th and 21st Century. A resident of both New Mexico and New Yo… [more below]
- Author: Martin, Henry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 372
- Publish Date: February 12 2018
- ISBN10: 1943156301
- Language: English
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Karsh: A Biography in Images
$40.00 Read moreDuring his remarkable life, Yousuf Karsh, who was born in Armenia in 1908, traveled the globe to photograph subjects ranging from historical figures to anonymous farmers to steelworks. Karsh: A Biogra… [more below]
- Author: Karsh, Yousuf
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: January 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0878466711
- Language: English
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Sybil & Cyril: Cutting Through Time
$21.00 Read moreFrom Jenny Uglow, one of our most admired writers, a beautifully illustrated story of a love affair and a dynamic artistic partnership between the wars.
In 1922, Cyril Power, a fifty-year-old archite- Author: Uglow, Jenny
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1250872561
- Language: English
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The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris
$15.99 Read moreThis intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene.
In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in Ne- Author: Petitjean, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 163542190X
- Language: English
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The Hare with Amber Eyes (Illustrated Edition): A Hidden Inheritance
$50.00 Read moreThe definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller
Two hundred and sixty-four Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox: Edmund de Waal was entranced when h- Author: de Waal, Edmund
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: November 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0374168288
- Language: English
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Into the Inferno: A Photographer’s Journey Through California’s Megafires and Fallout
$16.99 Read moreIn the tradition of Young Men and Fire and Fire on the Mountain, Stuart Palley’s memoir Into the Inferno documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a l
- Author: Palley, Stuart
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: June 13 2023
- ISBN10: 9798212184731
- Language: English
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Boy in a China Shop: Life, Clay and Everything
$19.99 Read more‘During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales – he’s a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life – with joy, charm & mischi
- Author: Brymer Jones, Keith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 26 2023
- ISBN10: 1529385253
- Language: English
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My Meteorite: Or, Without the Random There Can Be No New Thing
$24.00 Add to cart
A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
One of LitHub‘s Most Anticipated Books of 2020
An expansive, radiant, and genre-defying investigation into bonding–and how we are shaped by forces we cannot… [more below]- Author: Dodge, Harry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 17 2020
- ISBN10: 0143134361
- Language: English
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Genius, Illustrated: The Life and Art of Alex Toth
$34.99 Read moreThe second book of the series continues the comprehensive review of the life and art of one of the most significant comics and animations artists of all time.
Covering the years from the 1960s to Toth… [more below]- Series: Alex Toth
- Author: Mullaney, Dean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 07 2023
- ISBN10: 1684059577
- Language: English
