Synopses & Reviews
Continuously in print for more than 20 years. Abrams' Masters of Art series has always been known for its exceptional quality and value. Now these classic volumes devoted to the lives and works of the world's greatest painters have been newly redesigned and released in paperback for the first time. Comprehensive introductory texts written by distinguished art historians provide incisive and informative portraits of the artists, and their analysis is accompanied by sketches, related works by other artists, and black-and-white photographs. Each book features 40 full page, full-color plates with commentaries on the facing page. Paul Gauguin "painted and dreamed at the same time," yet he forecast much of what became basic to 20th-century art. A magnificent sampling of the artist's paintings in provided here, along with an absorbing introduction and commentaries by Robert Goldwater, a noted scholar on primitivism in art.