Synopses & Reviews
The great Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) exhibited a lifelong fascinationand#8212;some might say and#8220;obsessionand#8221;and#8212;with the work and personality of French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917). In this groundbreaking study, noted Degas scholar Richard Kendall and Picasso expert Elizabeth Cowling present well-documented instances of Picassoand#8217;s direct responses to Degasand#8217;s work, as well as more conceptual and challenging affinities between their oeuvres. Richly illustrated essays explore the artistsand#8217; parallel interests in modern urban life, ballet dancers, activities such as bathing and combing the hair, photography, and the challenges of sculpture. The book also provides the first extended analysis of Picassoand#8217;s engagement with Degasand#8217;s art in his final years, when he acquired several of the French artistand#8217;s brothel monotypes and reworked some of them in his own prints. Offering many fresh ideas and a significant amount of new material about two of the most popular and influential artists of the modern era, this handsome book promises to make a lasting contribution to the literature on both artists.
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"The scholars present new connections between the artists' lives and reveal the extent to which the younger artist was fascinated by the elder's art and personality."and#8212;Dylan Klempner, Art New England
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"This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Picasso Looks at Degas, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 13 June-12 September 2010, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 14 October 2010-16 January 2011."--T.p. verso.
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'This thought-provoking book presents a lively introduction to the 20th century\'s most important artist, Pablo Picasso. Picasso was a passionate student of the European painting tradition, and his memory for images was voracious. Naturally drawn to Spanish masters Velázquez and Goya, he also engaged with such figures as Rembrandt, Delacroix, Ingres, Manet, and Cézanne. Picasso repeatedly pitted himself against these masters, taking up their signature themes, techniques, and artistic concerns in audacious paintings of his own. Sometimes his \"quotations\" were direct, other times highly allusive.
Always, Picasso made the implicit case that it was he in the 20th century who most forcefully reinvigorated the European tradition. This book showcases his extraordinary work, where we witness the daring transformation of the art of the past into, in Picasso\'s own words, \"something else entirely.\" '
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A revelatory study of the importance of nature in Van Goghandrsquo;s art throughout his life in Holland and France
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This catalogue offers the first study of the importance of nature in Van Goghandrsquo;s art, from his youth in Holland to his mature artistic engagement with the landscape of Provence.
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The celebrated painter Vincent van Gogh (1853andndash;1890) had a lifelong fascination with the natural world. He spent his youth in rural Holland, and the countryandrsquo;s flat landscapes, trees, flowers, and birds would feature in his early art. After he moved to Paris, he encountered new radical thinking about art and humanityandrsquo;s changing relationship with nature. Later, in Provence and Auvers, he discovered unfamiliar terrain, flora, and fauna that further influenced his artistic ideas and subject matter. Van Goghandrsquo;s images of such diverse environments reflect not only his immediate surroundings but also the artistandrsquo;s evolving engagement with nature and art.
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Van Gogh and Nature is an eye-opening new catalogue that chronicles the artistandrsquo;s ongoing relationship with nature throughout his entire career. Among the featured works are Van Goghandrsquo;s drawings and paintings, along with related materials that illuminate his reading, sources, and influences. Vivid color photography and explanatory texts based on new research by the authors clarify a central theme of Van Goghandrsquo;s oeuvre. and#160;
About the Author
Elizabeth Cowling is Professor Emeritus of History of Art at Edinburgh University, and an independent scholar and exhibition curator. Richard Kendall is Consultative Curator of Nineteenth-Century Art at the Clark, as well as an independent scholar and exhibition curator. Cand#233;cile Godefroy is a researcher at the Fundaciand#243;n Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte in Madrid. Sarah Lees is Associate Curator of European Art at the Clark. Montse Torras is Exhibitions Coordinator at the Museu Picasso in Barcelona.