Brace yourself for the blues: Declaring that a ",new world calls for a new man",, showman-artist Yves Klein made his name with his large monochrome...
The unfading popularity of Gustav Klimt (1862–1918) attests not only to the particular appeal of his luxuriant painting but also to the universal themes with...
The creations of Jeff Koons (born 1955) are at once immediately accessible and eloquently art historical. From basketball tanks to flower puppies, his instantly recognizable...
From rural Japan to international icon - Yayoi Kusama has spent her remarkable life immersed in her art. Follow her incredible journey in this vivid...
Tamara de Lempicka (1896–1980) lived art in the fast lane. With an appetite for glamour and fame as much as Left Bank bohemianism, she fled...
Painter, inventor, architect, scientist, and engineer: Leonardo da Vinci stands to this day as one of the most accomplished human beings ever to have lived....
We are all artists as children, painting and drawing each day. Most of us stop when we get older – but David Gentleman kept going....
A GUARDIAN AND CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR'A walk on the wild side with the alt-rock pioneer' GQ'DeCurtis is well placed to trace Reed's five-decade...
A style of his own: The colorful work of a truly avant-garde painterIn the course of his short life, German painter August Macke (1887 1914)...
Who is the real Madonna? At the age of sixty, she is still one of the richest and most successful pop stars in the world....
From men in bowler hats, floating in the sky, to a painting of a pipe above the caption ",this is not a pipe",, René Magritte...
Discover the artist who applied paint according to the world around him and bridged the transition from Realism to Impressionism. This richly illustrated introduction to...
Through eye-popping colors and simple forms, rejoice in the restless creativity and infectious energy of Henri Matisse, the artist who never stopped making art, and...
",Painting with scissors", is how Henri Matisse referred to his cut-outs. Produced towards the end of his life, when the artist was confined to a...
Discover the master of the modern minimalist, Mies van der Rohe, one of the defining and most hotly debated tastemakers of the twentieth century. In...
Nicknamed ",il divino,", Renaissance genius Michelangelo combined body, spirit, and God into visionary masterpieces across sculpture, painting, and architecture. From The Pieta to the extraordinary...
Explore the lyrical seven-decade career of Catalan-born Joan Miro, a towering figure of 20th-century art, whose highly individual style reflected Surrealist, Dadaist, and abstract elements...
Explore the incomparable reach of the most beloved of impressionist masters, Claude Monet. Working en plein air, Monet's dappled renderings of the reality taking place...
William Morris (1834-1896) was one of the great figures of the 19th century-a pioneer of modern design. His work as a visionary designer, manufacturer, political...
With graceful lines and floral details, Alphonse Mucha gave the Belle Epoque its visual character. His work permeated illustration and advertising of the day, most...