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	Louis Icart: The Complete Etchings by Holland - 0764315846 Louis Icart: The Complete Etchings is the 4th revised edition by William R. Holland, Clifford P. Catania, Nathan Isen, and Cliford P. Catania. 1988 marked the one hundredth anniversary of Louis Icart's birth. There were no parades of large celebrations, but Louis and his wife, Fanny, would certainly have been grateful at the great resurgence of interest in his artwork. This newly expanded book now includes over 500 different etchings, painstakingly acquired and photographed. Particular attent... $55.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Mei Yun Tang Collection of Paintings by Chang Dai-Chien - 9627101249 Chang Dai-chien is considered one of the most prominent Chinese painters of the 20th century. This volume comprises 122 paintings of his masterpieces figures, landscapes, flora, and fauna painted between 1929 and 1968 selected from the Mei Yun Tang Collection, reflecting the evolution of the artist's styles and techniques. Also included is the reprint of text related to the object, which makes this catalog worthwhile as another important research resource. $84.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Mort Kunstler's Civil War: The North & The South (2 volumes) - 1558534784 These two books are from Mort Kunstler's Civil War series and feature Mort's renown art work. The titles are The North and The South. Few artists have earned the acclaim that Mort Kunstler has received for his historically accurate paintings. He has painted so many Confederate subjects that even though he was born in Brooklyn, he is often called a Southern artist. The South takes the viewer on a gallery tour of some of Kunstler's favorite Confe... $13.79     View Details Add To Cart
	Mort Kunstler's Old West Cowboys & Indians - Two Books - SET1265 From the movie-inspired excitement of a race between a stagecoach and an "iron horse" to the latent danger of a boundary dispute to the expectation caused by the arrival of New Girls in Town, Mort Kunstler captures the courage and fortitude that characterized settlers of the American West. "Mort Kunstler's paintings," says Stephen Doherty, editor of American Artist, "are recognized for their strong and effective composition, for the accuracy of their historical documentation, an... $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Nick Wadley's Guide to British Artists - 0764924923 Here s a whimsical guide to classic and contemporary British artists, including expatriates like Whistler and Fuseli. In his usual punderful style, Wadley renders his view of his fellow artists, based on their names or style of art. Turner is of course a wheel; Whistler whistles away as a kettle; Fry gets cooked as two eggs up in a frying pan. Mackintosh models a dashing mac; Heron struts on his birdy legs; Fuseli burns to a crisp. To refresh your memory, the index lists the dates and tells y... $5.99     View Details Add To Cart
	Oregon Painters: The First Hundred Years (1859-1959) - 0875952712 Oregon Painters is an absolute necessity for anyone interested in learning about Oregon art history or collecting Oregon art and artists. It contains a synopsis of Oregon art history, a timeline of Oregon art, names of significant outside artists who visited Oregon, information about Federal Arts Projects in Oregon, a section of photographs of artists, color illustrations of representative works of art, a biographical artist dictionary indexing about 500 names, and more. $95.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Paintings and Calligraphy of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Chih Lo Lou - 9627101222 Catalog of the exhibition of Chinese painting and calligraphy drawn from the Chih Lo Lou Collection. The 80 works displayed date mostly from the 15th to the 19th century, shedding light on the artistic development of China from the mid-Ming to the mid-Qing period. Highlighted in this collection are works by important artists including the Four Ming Masters, Dong Qichang, the early Qing Orthodox Masters, and six of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou. $50.58     View Details Add To Cart
	Paintings of the Ming and Qing Dynasties from the Guangzhou Art Gallery - 9627101079 Catalog of the exhibition of Chinese paintings from the Guangzhou Art Gallery at the Art Gallery, the Chinese University of Hong Kong; the exhibition held in celebration of the 35th anniversary of the founding of the Guangzhou Art Gallery. 99 scrolls and albums are included in this volume, covering the period from the mid-Ming to the late Qing dynasty. $51.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Pavillion of Marital Harmony (Fan Tchunpi) - 2880310105 This unique exhibition shows an important selection of the works of Fan Tchunpi (1898-1986), who was born in China but who spent the final years of her life in Geneva. It also shows part of a rare collection of Chinese calligraphy and paintings assembled by her and her husband, Tsen Tsonming, who died tragically in Hanoi in 1939. The collection brought together old pieces along with the works of the most notable painters of the first half of the 20th century. The catalogue is divided into fou... $51.00     View Details Add To Cart
	Reinterpretation: A Decade of Experimental Chinese Art 1990-2000 (Hardcover) - 1588860574 Published to coincide with the First Guangzhou Triennial (opening November 18, 2002), this volume provides a systematic description and analysis of Chinese experimental art and cinema of the 90s, the subject of the Triennial. This volume consists of three parts: Part One provides an overview of 90s' Chinese cinema with seventeen scholarly essays on Chinese cinema and experimental art; Part Two is a catalogue of 130 works by 120 artists selected for the Triennial and provides an analysis in th... $80.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Surf Skate and Rock Art of Jim Phillips - 0764319272 Thousands of artistic graphic illustrations, from motorcycles to health food and including rock posters, surf, and skateboard art, jump off these pages. Bold and dynamic "bad boy" and "hippie" themes in bright and startling colors command your attention with incredible detail. Jim Phillips delights in original imagery to convey his unique reflections of the popular world. Since 1962, he has published award-winning graphic designs for cartoons, skateboards, T-shirts, stickers, rock posters, an... $23.50     View Details Add To Cart
	T'ang Haywen: Path of Ink - 295175941X Contrary to the generally held belief, Chinese painting has never ceased to evolve. At the various stages of its growth, individuality and respect for tradition acted together or in opposition to produce countless treasures and innovations. The example of T'ang Haywen, in the second half of the 20th century, illustrates this phenomenon particularly well. T'ang never received any formal education in art apart from learning calligraphy from his grandfather, T'ang Yien. In Paris, he acquainted h... $45.38     View Details Add To Cart
	The World of Bertoia - 0764317989 The World of Bertoia is the fascinating story of Bertoia Studio, where Sound Sculpture was invented and new ideas of what art is were developed. The World of Bertoia documents all the types of original sculptures, graphics, and commissions made by Harry Bertoia and his son, Val Bertoia, from the 1950s to the present. Harry Bertoia helped Charles Eames to develop a chair design, and went on to create the famous Bertoia chairs for Knoll. Over 500 photographs show the Bertoia's evo... $67.95     View Details Add To Cart
	World of Wong Po-Yeh - 9627101338 Instead of turning to Western or Asian art for inspiration as did many of modern Chinese masters, including those of the Lingnan School, Wong Po-yeh is a traditional painter who establishes his unique artistic style through the study of the Chinese tradition, the reexamination of ancient concepts, and the injection of new meaning into those concepts. A selection of his 118 works includes paintings of bird-and-flower, Buddhist subjects, and landscape. $46.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Zhu Qizhan at 100: 5th Annual Show Catalog - PUB44 Chinese artist, Zhu Qizhan, was born in 1892 and passed away at 105 in 1996. His life spanned perhaps the most tumultuous is Chinese history. Firmly entrenched in Chinese and Japanese traditions, his work has slowly absorbed aspects of the Western tradition. Zhu Qizhan's works are very appealing to those less familiar with traditional Chinese art as well as connoisseurs. This catalog was produced by L.J. Wender, the New York gallery where Zhu Qizhan exhibited every spring for nearly a decade.... $15.00     View Details Add To Cart

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