Now available again, this book is a penetrating exploration of the American realist painter Edward Hopper, who was able to capture the many moods of the nation he called home. From his images of d

Poezja pisana światłem „Chciałem tylko jednego: malować światło na murach życia” – pisał Lawrence Ferlinghetti, niepokorny buntownik i nauczyciel wrażliwości. Ferlinghetti – poeta, malarz i wydawca n

In this thesis I study alienation in Edward Hopper's and Jackson Pollack's paintings. Each of these American painters expressed alienation in his art in a distinctive way. The source of their alienat

The rebel hero of Abstract Expressionism, Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) careened through his life like a firework across the American art landscape. Channeling ideas from sources as diverse as Picasso

An encounter with Gerhard Richter, the German artist who widened horizons in the relationship between painting and reality. From early photographic paintings, along with his famous RAF cycle, to late

One of the key figures in the New York art world of the 1980s, Keith Haring (1958–1990) created a signature style that blended street art, graffiti, a Pop sensibility, and cartoon elements to unique,

Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) was a Dutch painter and a central figure in the development of abstract art in the early 20th century. As a key member of the De Stijl movement, he sought to convey universa

Meet the artist whose majestic breaking wave sent ripples across the world. Hokusai (1760–1849) is not only one of the giants of Japanese art and a legend of the Edo period, but also a founding fathe

The Pop Star When art went Whaam! American painter Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997) pioneered a new epoch in American art, bursting onto a scene dominated by Abstract Expressionism in late 1950s New Yo

ZNASZ JEGO DZIEŁA, TERAZ POZNAJ ARTYSTĘ Na początku lat 80. XX wieku na ulicach Nowego Jorku zaroiło się od komiksowych rysunków. Na ścianach metra, chodnikach i budynkach pojawiły się raczkujące dz

Najdziwniejsze obrazy, rzeźby i inne kurioza z historii sztuki. Autor entuzjastycznie przyjętej Biblioteki szaleńca (wyróżnionej nagrodami „Sunday Times Literature Book of the Year 2020”, „Radio 4

One of the leading lights of the Impressionist movement, Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841–1919) remains a towering figure in art history with enduring public appeal. Sun-kissed, charming, and sensual, his

Most art historians agree that the modern art adventure first developed in the 1860s in Paris. A circle of painters, whom we now know as Impressionists, began painting pictures with rapid, loose brus