The Lives of Great Artists
Imagine hanging out with Andy Warhol at Studio 54, looking
over Monet?s shoulder as he painted the water lilies in his Giverny garden, or
witnessing Van Gogh?s fevered, sun-splashed output in in his last days in Arles.
These books reveal the colorful lives led by the featured artists, where they
came from, and how they rose to fame (and sometimes fell back down to Earth).
The Lives of Great Artists is a unique, colorful series combining archival
photography, compelling and lively text, and iconic, full-color images of
artists' work, including witty and whimsical specially commissioned
illustrations. These are stunning visual biographies of the world?s most
enduring and compelling artists.
? Highlights the enduring
significance of each artist?s work and the real-life context in which it was
created
? Each book is generously packed with full-color
reproductions of the artists? most important and compelling work
? Clever, witty, highly creative original
illustrations create a visual narrative of the lives, inspirations, and work of
these colorful giants of art history
