Individual Artists

The extraordinary story behind Degas’s groundbreaking painting of the biracial circus performer Miss La La Edgar Degas’s Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando (1879) is one of only two paintings by the artist representing people of colour. Miss La La, born...

The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm according to David Hockney are like no other version you will have read before. Although inspired by earlier illustrators of the tales, from Arthur Rackham to Edmund Dulac, Hockney's extraordinary etchings re-imagine...

In the late 1910s, in a Europe ravaged by World War I, Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen put the finishing touches on his illustrations of A Thousand and One Nights. The results are considered masterpieces of early 20th-century illustration: bursting with...

Paul Klee (1879-1940) is one of the most important representatives of modern art. His oeuvre is as universal as it is individual, standing tall among all of the currents and "isms" of his day. His overwhelming body of paintings, drawings, and other...

Elegant sailing ships, expansive seascapes, crystal - clear spread - out views of architecture - with his unique pictorial language and range of subjects Lyonel Feininger became one of the most important artists of Classic Modernism, whose works remain...

Joan Eardley (1921-1963) is one of Scotland's most admired artists. During a career that lasted barely fifteen years, she concentrated on two very distinct themes: children in the Townhead area of central Glasgow, and the fishing village of Catterline,...

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The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed by one of the last surviving members of this movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris. Feted for their idiosyncratic and imaginative works, the surrealists marked a pivotal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857244150Author Victoria Noel-JohnsonFormat HardbackPage Count 188Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 1520g

Palladio (1508-80) combined classical restraint with constant inventiveness. In this study, Professor Ackerman sets Palladio in the context of his age - the Humanist era of Michelangelo and Raphael, Titian and Veronese - and examines each of the villas,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788857246147Author Alma ZeviFormat HardbackPage Count 468Imprint SkiraPublisher SkiraWeight(grams) 2620g

Exploring an unjustly overlooked figure in 20th-century British visual culture This book offers a comprehensive overview to the work and legacy of David King (1943-2016), whose fascinating career bridged journalism, graphic design, photography, and...

Over the course of a long and very successful career spanning the first half of the 20th century, Lucy Kemp-Welch established herself as one of the leading equestrian painters at work in the UK and one of the country's best-known women artists. David...

El Anatsui: Art and Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the essential resource on the Ghanaian artist known worldwide for spectacular tapestries of reclaimed bottle tops. This revised and expanded book follows Anatsui on his remarkable journey from an obscure...

Hogarth was one of the great 18th-century painters, a marvellous colourist and innovator at all levels of artistic expression. Art historian David Bindman surveys the works of this artist whose wry humour and sharp wit were reflected in his prolific...

The first half of this stunning new book explores Michelangelo's fascinating life through his family, friends, patrons and commissions. Born near Florence in 1475 Michelangelo grew up surrounded by new forms of architecture, painting and sculpture. His...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A burst of springtime joy' Daily Telegraph 'A springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light' The Times 'Lavishly illustrated' Guardian David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural...

Antony Gormley occupies an unusual position as a highly popular sculptor - known chiefly for his Angel of the North (1998), a national landmark in the UK - who is also widely regarded as one of the most intellectually challenging artists working...

Escape to peaceful, cozy hideaways in this second art book from Iraville, with new galleries, tutorials, and insight on her processes. Iraville is a Munich-based illustrator with a passion for watercolors, autumn, nature, birds and cozy things. This...

Celebrating the astounding creativity and originality of designer Alexander McQueen, who relentlessly questioned and confronted the requisites of fashion "An authoritative and moving insight into the legacy of the British designer."-Carola Long,...

A comprehensive monograph on the work of KAWS, one of the most sought-after artists and creative forces of our time Drawing from Pop art traditions, KAWS's work straddles the line between fine art and popular culture, crossing the mediums of painting...

The First World War is over, and in a quiet Hampshire village, artist Stanley Spencer is working on the commission of a lifetime, painting an entire chapel in memory of a life lost in the war to end all wars. Combining his own traumatic experiences with...

A passionate advocate of craftsmanship over mass-production, William Morris (1834- 1896) designed a huge variety of objects, but it is his highly original carpet, fabric and wallpaper patterns that have continued to capture the imagination and exert...

There are few more complete examples of an artist's record of their own life than the intimately detailed and beautifully produced handmade books that Derek Jarman created throughout his career. Seen together they reveal the story of how he gathered,...

Long awaited, the first survey of the work of one of America's foremost contemporary fine art photographersFor almost 40 years, Catherine Opie has been documenting with psychological acuity the cultural and geographic identity of contemporary America...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909829152Author John PhillipsFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Four Corners BooksPublisher Four Corners Books

The first - and highly anticipated - monograph on one of the most influential painters of our timeCecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. Brown established her unique voice within the art sphere by...

A Financial Times Book of the Year 2022A penetrating analysis of the work of one of the most influential painters in the history of modern art by one of the world's most respected art historians. For more than a century the art of Paul Cezanne was...

One of the first female artists to achieve recognition in her own time, Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) became instantly popular in the 1970s when feminist art historians "discovered" her and argued vehemently for a place for her in the canon of...

The first book to explore the fascinating career and fantasy-driven worlds created by the acclaimed Argentinean artist Adrian Villar Rojas's works concoct imaginary realms. Usually made from clay, his colossal installations are transitory and so cannot...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783037785850Author Paul KleeFormat HardbackPage Count 56Imprint Lars Muller PublishersPublisher Birkhauser Verlag AG

Through a carefully curated selection of quotations, images and interviews, Artists on Art reveals what matters most to the masters. You'll discover how the giants of the different artistic genres developed their distinctive visual styles, the core ideas...

The first monograph in over 70 years on the celebrated female protagonist of Dutch floral painting At the end of the 17th century and beginning of the 18th, Rachel Ruysch was celebrated across Europe for her sumptuous floral still lifes, admired both...

'Dress as though your life depends on it, or don't bother.'(Leigh Bowery, 1985)Outlaws dives into the anarchic energy of London's 1980s club scene, celebrating the avant-garde, experimental designs of Leigh Bowery and his fellow fashion renegades,...

Major survey chronicling superstar US artist Mickalene Thomas and her vibrant, rhinestone-adorned paintings, collages and photographs. Accompanies her international touring exhibition. New York-based artist Mickalene Thomas' critically acclaimed and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770466203Author Shigeru MizukiFormat HardbackPage Count 200Imprint Drawn and QuarterlyPublisher Drawn and QuarterlyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 216mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798887241166Author Jim LeeFormat HardbackPage Count 140Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

Understanding Rex Whistler's place in and contributions to the arts and culture of his time. Focusing on the British virtuoso Rex Whistler (1905-44), who was linked to many of the most illustrious figures of the interwar period, this book explores an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999814441Author Carmen WinantFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Self Publish, Be HappyPublisher MACK

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865621367Author Jon HulFormat PaperbackPage Count 64Imprint S Q Publications,USPublisher S Q Publications,USWeight(grams) 227g