Artists, Architects, Photographers
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Surrealists in New York: Atelier 17 and the Birth of Abstract Expressionism
$34.95 Add to cartIn 1957 the American artist Robert Motherwell made an unexpected claim: “I have only known two painting milieus well … the Parisian Surrealists, with whom I began painting seriously in New York in 1
- Author: Darwent, Charles
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: May 02 2023
- ISBN10: 0500094268
- Language: English
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Leonardo
$20.00 Add to cartFilling notebook after notebook with sketches, inventions, and theories, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) not only stands as one of the most exceptional draftsmen of art history, but also as a mastermind
- Series: Basic Art
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 15 2015
- ISBN10: 3836502151
- Language: English
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Van Gogh and God: A Creative Spiritual Quest
$14.95 Add to cartExplore the depth of this brilliant and tortured artist’s spirituality and find a new Van Gogh — philosopher of life, unorthodox theologian, and determine seeker for global spirituality.
- Series: Campion Book
- Author: Edwards, Cliff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: December 01 2002
- ISBN10: 0829406212
- Language: English
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Art and Flair of Mary Blair, The-Updated Edition: An Appreciation
$45.00 Read moreFor more than a dozen years, a soft spoken, unassuming woman dominated design at The Walt Disney Studios with a joyful creativity and exuberant color palette that stamped the look of many classic Disn… [more below]
- Series: Disney Editions Deluxe
- Author: Canemaker, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: May 20 2014
- ISBN10: 1423127447
- Language: English
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Picasso the Foreigner: An Artist in France, 1900-1973
$40.00 Read moreA New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice
“Absorbing [and] astute . . . Cohen-Solal captures a facet of Picasso’s character long overlooked.” –Hamilton Cain, The Wall Street Journal
“A beguiling rea- Author: Cohen-Solal, Annie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: March 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0374231230
- Language: English
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Leonardo. the Complete Paintings and Drawings
$60.00 Add to cartUnmatched in his ingenuity, technical prowess, and curiosity, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) epitomizes the humanistic ideal of the Renaissance man: a peerless master of painting, sculpture, cartograph
- Author: Zöllner, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: April 11 2019
- ISBN10: 3836576252
- Language: English
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Frida Kahlo: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations
$16.99 Add to cartFrida Kahlo’s legacy continues to grow in the public imagination in the nearly fifty years since her “discovery” in the 1970s. This collection of conversations over the course of her brief career allo… [more below]
- Series: Last Interview
- Author: Kahlo, Frida
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1612198759
- Language: English
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Julia Morgan: An Intimate Biography of the Trailblazing Architect
$32.50 Read moreThis new biography–featuring over 150 archival images and full-color photographs printed throughout–introduces Julia Morgan as both a pioneering architect and a captivating individual.
Julia Morgan- Author: Kastner, Victoria
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: March 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1797205633
- Language: English
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Austin Osman Spare, Revised Edition: The Life and Legend of London’s Lost Artist
$24.95 Add to cartA revised edition of Phil Baker’s critically lauded biography of artist and occultist, Austin Osman Spare.
London has harbored many curious characters, but few more curious than the artist and visiona- Author: Baker, Phil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1913689654
- Language: English
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Among the Bohemians: Experiments in Living 1900-1939
$18.99 Add to cartThey ate garlic and didn’t always bathe; they listened to Wagner and worshiped Diaghilev; they sent their children to coeducational schools, explored homosexuality and free love, vegetarianism and Pos
- Author: Nicholson, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: March 01 2005
- ISBN10: 0060548460
- Language: English
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No Lifeguard on Duty: The Accidental Life of the World’s First Supermodel
$14.99 Add to cartNo Lifeguard on Duty is the ultimate memoir of sex, drugs, rock & roll, and redemption from modeling icon Janice Dickinson. From her supermodel glory days with Gia Carangi and Christie Brinkley to nig… [more below]
- Series: icon!t
- Author: Dickinson, Janice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 03 2022
- ISBN10: 0060009470
- Language: English
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Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues
$18.99 Add to cartThe life of blues legend Robert Johnson becomes the centerpiece for this innovative look at what many consider to be America’s deepest and most influential music genre. Pivotal are the questions surro
- Author: Wald, Elijah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: December 14 2004
- ISBN10: 0060524278
- Language: English
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Confessions of an Art Addict
$18.00 Add to cartA patron of art since the 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider’s view of the early days of modern art, with revealing accounts of her eccentric wealthy family, her p
- Author: Guggenheim, Peggy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: November 01, 1997
- ISBN10: 0880015764
- Language: English
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Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris
$18.95 Add to cartIn freewheeling 1920s Paris, Kiki de Montparnasse captivated as a nightclub performer, sold out gallery showings of her paintings, starred in Surrealist films, and shared drinks and ideas with the lik
- Author: Braude, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 1324065958
- Language: English
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Bruno Schulz: An Artist, a Murder, and the Hijacking of History
$30.00 Add to cartThe twentieth-century artist Bruno Schulz was born an Austrian, lived as a Pole, and died a Jew. First a citizen of the Habsburg monarchy, he would, without moving, become the subject of the West Ukra
- Author: Balint, Benjamin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: April 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 0393866572
- Language: English
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The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World
$22.00 Add to cartA Wall Street Journal and Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year Long-listed for the Plutarch Award
A bold new biography of the legendary painter John Singer Sargent, stressing the unruly emotions- Author: Fisher, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: October 31 2023
- ISBN10: 1250872545
- Language: English
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Leonardo Da Vinci
$40.00 Add to cartThe #1 New York Times bestseller from Walter Isaacson brings Leonardo da Vinci to life in this exciting new biography that is “a study in creativity: how to define it, how to achieve it…Most importa… [more below]
- Author: Isaacson, Walter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 624
- Publish Date: October 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1501139150
- Language: English
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Thursday’s Child
$28.73 Read moreThis is the first of three memoirs written by Eartha Kitt. Thursday’s Child was originally published in 1956 and covers Eartha’s childhood and early career. This book is what inspired the name of Davi
- Author: Kitt, Eartha
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: July 12, 2022
- ISBN10: 1958425281
- Language: English
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Camille Pissarro: The Audacity of Impressionism
$29.99 Add to cartA Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker
From the acclaimed biographer and author of Balzac’s Omelette, an engaging new work on the life of “the father of Impressionism” and the role his Jewish backgroun- Author: Muhlstein, Anka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 28, 2023
- ISBN10: 1635421705
- Language: English
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The Lonely City: Adventures in the Art of Being Alone
$20.00 Add to cartFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism
#1 Book of the Year from Brain Pickings Named a best book of the year by NPR, Newsweek, Slate, Pop Sugar, Marie Claire, Elle, Publisher- Author: Laing, Olivia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06, 2017
- ISBN10: 1250118034
- Language: English
