Buchhandlung Walther König

MARTIN, JOHN – LONDON, TATE
BRITAIN – Apocalypse. Cataloue
ed. by Martin Monroe. London
2011/12. 4to. 192 S. mit 120 farb.
Abb., brosch.
John Martin (1789–1854) is one of
the most extraordinary figures in
British art. His dramatic paintings
depicted catastrophe, war, apocalypse,
and nature on an epic scale
and appealed to a wider and more
diverse audience than had ever
previously been engaged by art.
This first comprehensive book on
Martin in many years examines
the critic’s idea of the proper role
of the artist, questioning Martin’s
place in art history as well as our
own ideas of „good“ and „bad“
taste, „high“ and „low“ art.
1465018 ca. 26,–
MONET, CLAUDE – NEW YORK,
GAGOSIAN GALLERY – Late
Work. Catalogue ed. by Paul
Hayes Tucker. New York 2010. 4to.
216 S. mit 34 farb. ganz- bzw. doppelseit.
Abb. sowie 61 teils farb.
Textabb., Biblliographie, Chronologie,
Ln.
This fully illustrated catalogue focuses
on important and previously
unseen drawings from the artist’s
gardens at Giverny. Aggressively
rendered with broad brushwork
and unusual colour combinations
these late paintings stand in marked
contrast to the more refined
1909 works, attesting to the modernity
of Monet’s expanded vision.
These paintings are among
the most treasured of the artist’s
long and prodigious career, seve-
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ral of which were never exhibited
during the artist’s lifetime.
1461029 98,–
PISSARRO’S PEOPLE – WILLIAM-
STOWN, CLARK ART INSTITUTE –
Catalogue by Richard R. Brettell.
Williamstown/San Francisco 2011/
12. 4to. 320 S. mit 275 meist farb.,
teils ganszeit. Abb., Index, Ln.
This survey by a renowned expert
on Impressionist painting offers a
selection of canvases and works
on paper that embody Pissarro’s
pictorial humanism at the highest
level. Exhaustive archival study,
interviews with surviving family
members, and research drawn
from thousands of newly discovered
letters inform this rich and
authoritative book. Including individual
portraits of each of the family
members Pissarro so often inserted
into his paintings, it also examines
his relationships with fellow
artists, writers, neighbors, merchants,
and domestic servants. The
result is a refreshing and landmark
reconsideration of the artist’s magnificent
body of work.
1458672 49,80
REDON, ODILON – PARIS,
GRAND PALAIS – Prince du reve.
Catalogue sous la direct. de Rodolphe
Rapetti. Paris/Montpellier
2011. 4to. 464 S. mit 390 (346 farb.,
teils ganzseit.) Abb., Ausst’verz.,
Bibliographie, Chronologie, Index,
Ppbd. – Mit einer CD-ROM.