“Pop Art: Colour Library” by Jamie James explores the influential movement’s origins, key artists, and ongoing impact, offering a vibrant introduction to 20th-century visual culture.Read More →
Harue Koga was a groundbreaking Japanese surrealist painter whose fusion of Western art and Japanese aesthetics significantly influenced modern art, exemplified in works like “The Sea.”Read More →
Amédée Ozenfant, an influential figure in 20th-century art, co-founded the Purist movement with Le Corbusier. His legacy as a theorist and educator endures.Read More →
Giacomo Balla, a vital figure in the Futurist movement, revolutionized art with his dynamic works, blending modernity into applied arts and influencing contemporary Italian design.Read More →
One of my favourite pinup artists was Minnesota born Duane Bryers, creator of the famous Hilda, a pleasingly, popular and plump pinup girl. Bryers’ background was as interesting as his illustrations. Born in northern Michigan, he excelled at acrobatics as a child. His family moved to Virginia, Minnesota, at 12 and he soon had the neighbourhood gang putting on the “Jingling Brothers circus, complete with burlap-sack sidewalls.Read More →
Pavel Hlava (1924-2003) was a renowned Czech glass artist known for innovative designs, including cut glassware and large abstract pieces, significantly influencing glassmaking techniques.Read More →
This book’s stature is rare. It took five years to compile 624 pages and 740 pictures about Art Nouveau in France.
Arwas examines the movement’s development in Nancy and Paris using never-before-published pictures. The comprehensive, witty narrative extends over architecture, haute couture, and the role of women in Art Nouveau with a look at Sarah Bernhardt, Loe Fuller, and the Grandes Horizontales.Read More →
Selwyn Image (1849–1930) was a British artist and designer in the Arts and Crafts Movement, renowned for stained glass, book illustration, furniture, and embroidery designs.Read More →
Herbert Bayer, a key figure in the Bauhaus movement, revolutionized art with functionality and avant-garde style. “Herbert Bayer: The Complete Work” captures his enduring impact.Read More →