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Van Gogh's Ear: The True Story by Bernadette Murphy
RRP: £14.99£11.11In December 1888, Vincent van Gogh cut off his ear. It is the most famous story about any artist in history. But what really happened on that dark winter night?In Van Gogh's Ear, Bernadette Murphy reveals the truth. She takes us on an extraordinary... -
Kyffin Williams by Quing Chao Ma 9781913134792
RRP: £30.00£22.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913134792Author Qing Chao MaFormat HardbackPage Count 276Imprint Graffeg LimitedPublisher Graffeg LimitedDimensions(mm) 250mm * 250mm * 30mm -
Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick by Jenny Uglow
RRP: £16.99£12.28Thomas Bewick wrote A History of British Birds at the end of the eighteenth century, just as Britain fell in love with nature. This was one of the wildlife books that marked the moment, the first 'field-guide' for ordinary people, illustrated by woodcuts... -
How We Might Live: At Home with Jane and William Morris by Suzanne Fagence Cooper 9781529409482
RRP: £30.00£20.10William Morris - poet, designer, campaigner, hero of the Arts & Crafts movement - was a giant of the Victorian age, and his beautiful creations and provocative philosophies are still with us today: but his wife Jane is too often relegated to a footnote,... -
Ithell Colquhoun: Genius of The Fern Loved Gully by Amy Hale
RRP: £23.00£15.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781907222863Author Amy HaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Strange Attractor PressPublisher Strange Attractor Press -
Starry Night: Van Gogh at the Asylum by Martin Bailey
RRP: £19.99£13.95Starry Night is a fascinating, fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-Remy, during which he created some of his most iconic pieces of art. Despite the challenges of ill health and asylum life, Van Gogh continued to produce a... -
Albert and the Whale by Philip Hoare 9780008323295
RRP: £16.99£12.28A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR AN OBSERVER BEST ART BOOK OF 2021 SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2022 'This is a wonderful book. A... -
Vivian Maier Developed: The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny by Ann Marks 9781982166731
RRP: £14.99£10.01The definitive biography that unlocks the remarkable story of Vivian Maier, the nanny who lived secretly as a world-class photographer, featuring nearly 400 of her images, many never seen before, placed for the first time in the context of her life... -
Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects by Hans-Ulrich Obrist
RRP: £14.99£11.35From world-renowned curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, Lives of the Artists, Lives of the Architects offers a unique opportunity to learn about the lives and creativity of the world's leading artistsHans Ulrich Obrist has been conducting ongoing conversations... -
Marina Abramovic: A Visual Biography Katya Tylevich 9780857829467
RRP: £80.00£54.25The definitive guide to the life and work of Marina Abramovic, the world's most famous performance artist.Combining brand-new interviews, never-before-seen images and fascinating ephemera, this book is a testament to the extraordinary life and work of... -
John Craxton: A Life of Gifts by Ian Collins 9780300255294
RRP: £30.00£21.30Uplifting and engaging, this story recounts the life and career of a rebellious 20th-century British artist Born into a large, musical, and bohemian family in London, the British artist John Craxton (1922-2009) has been described as a Neo-Romantic, but... -
Georgiana: Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer by Brenda Niall 9780522847437
RRP: £28.95£22.18After a childhood among artists, French emigres and English radicals in Regency London, Georgiana lived as a young woman at her father's castle in the Highlands. A gifted portraitist, professionally trained in London, she earned her own living in... -
The Bloomsbury Group by Frances Spalding
£16.34'A delightful introduction to an enduring subject' - Angela Wintle, Sussex Life The most constructive and creative influence on English taste between the two wars, 'The Bloomsbury Group' was a union of friends who transformed British culture with their... -
Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer Daphne Du Maurier 9781844080960
RRP: £10.99£7.61'A delightful book, full of amusing and charming stories' THE TIMES'Daphne du Maurier has no equal' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH'An intimate view of a creative personality . . . as richly evocative as any of her novels' LOS ANGELES TIMESIn Myself When Young, based... -
Dandy in the Underworld by Sebastian Horsley
RRP: £10.99£7.61'Like Salvador Dali's confessions, only far funnier and more self-deprecating, Dandy in the Underworld entertains as much as it revolts, is as tender as it is shocking, and as genuine as it is false.' IndependentSure to shock and surprise, Sebastian... -
Michelangelo: A Life on Paper by Leonard Barkan 9780691147666
RRP: £42.00£34.64Michelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the David, the Piet, and the dome of St. Peter's. Yet throughout his seventy-five year career, he was engaged in another artistic act that until now has been largely... -
Letters of Note: Art Shaun Usher 9781838851460
RRP: £6.99£5.02In Letters of Note: Art, Shaun Usher celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstasy of producing work that excites, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos. Includes... -
Francis Bacon: Revelations by Mark Stevens
RRP: £20.00£14.34The Times Art Book of the Year 2021 FINALIST FOR THE PLUTARCH AWARD 2022 'Must surely be the definitive life of Francis Bacon ... A biography that no Bacon fan - or indeed foe - can afford to overlook ... Mesmerising'... -
Irving Penn - Centennial by Maria Morris Hambourg 9781588396181
RRP: £55.00£48.94The definitive book on the work of a virtuosic and revered American photographer "Irving Penn: Centennial . . . presents page after page of startlingly fresh images."-Luc Sante, New York Times Irving Penn (1917-2009) was among the most esteemed and... -
Letters to Gwen John by Celia Paul
RRP: £18.99£14.22A unique combination of memoir and artistic biography, interspersed with original artworks, from the acclaimed artist and author of SELF-PORTRAIT.We are both painters. We can connect to each other through images, in our own unvoiced language. But I will... -
The Stuart Image: English Portraiture 1603 to 1649 Roy Strong 9781783277209
RRP: £30.00£25.24Based on a lifetime's work in the field, Sir Roy Strong offers an expert and engaging new look at portrait painting in Stuart England, studying the sitters as much as the artists. Sir Roy Strong has been writing for over half a century on the painters... -
Diary of a Lone Twin: A Memoir David Loftus 9781529011289
RRP: £16.99£12.87A heart-rending memoir of love, loss and the unique relationship twins share.More than thirty years ago, David Loftus's cherished identical twin, John, passed away. Ever since, a day hasn't passed without David feeling the loss. In 1987, after recovering... -
Studio of the South: Van Gogh in Provence Martin Bailey 9780711268180
RRP: £18.99£13.34"Martin Bailey has written some of the most interesting books on Vincent's life in France, where he produced his greatest work" - Johan van Gogh, grandson of Theo, the artist's brotherStudio of the South tells the story of Van Gogh's stay in Arles, when... -
William Morris: A Life for Our Time by Fiona MacCarthy
RRP: £40.00£27.68Winner of the Wolfson History Prize, and described by A.S.Byatt as 'one of the finest biographies ever published', this is Fiona MacCarthy's magisterial biography of William Morris, legendary designer and father of the Victorian Arts and Crafts movement... -
The Well-Tempered Cello by Miranda Wilson 9781629920467
RRP: £21.95£20.77Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781629920467Author Miranda WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Fairhaven PressPublisher Fairhaven PressWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 234mm *... -
Sleuth: The Amazing Quest for Lost Art Treasures by Philip Mould
RRP: £14.99£9.96CSI meets Who Do You Think You Are? meets Time Team meets The Antiques Roadshow. Two-dimensional works of art become three-dimensional thrillers. Philip Mould is an international art dealer who has lived the high stakes game of art sleuthing... -
Ansel Adams: A Biography by Mary Street Alinder
RRP: £16.99£13.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620408001Author Mary Street AlinderFormat PaperbackPage Count 432Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USAWeight(grams) 554g -
A Forger's Tale: Confessions of the Bolton Forger by Shaun Greenhalgh
RRP: £10.99£7.54Observer's Best Art Book of the Year, 2018In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Working out of a shed in his parents' garden, Greenhalgh had... -
Jackson Pollock by Evelyn Toynton
RRP: £13.99£13.94A compelling look at Jackson Pollock's vibrant, quintessentially American art and the turbulent life that gave rise to it Jackson Pollock (1912-1956) not only put American art on the map with his famous "drip paintings," he also served as an inspiration... -
Modigliani: A Painter and His Art Dealer by Cécile Girardeau 9782080430519
RRP: £30.00£19.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782080430519Author Cecile GirardeauFormat HardbackPage Count 192Imprint FlammarionPublisher Editions FlammarionWeight(grams) 1060g -
Self-Portrait by Man Ray
RRP: £14.99£10.95In this remarkable autobiography, Man Ray - painter, photographer, sculptor, film maker and writer - relates the story of his life, from his childhood determination to be an artist and his technical drawing classes in a Brooklyn high school, to the... -
Keith Haring by Simon Doonan
RRP: £12.99£8.83Keith Haring was a revolutionary artist, who transformed the art world during his short but impactful life. Brought to life by Simon Doonan, Creative Director for Barneys New York, this new pocket-sized biography tells his inspirational story... -
Gilbert Spencer: The Life and Work of a Very English Artist by Paul Gough 9780300269819
RRP: £30.00£25.85The first biography of Gilbert Spencer, recounting the life and career of a long-overlooked twentieth-century British artist Gilbert Spencer (1892–1979) was a British painter, muralist, illustrator, teacher, and writer whose career spanned more than... -
The Last Pre-Raphaelite: Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination by Fiona MacCarthy
RRP: £25.00£17.59Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, this is the biography of celebrated nineteenth-century artist Edward Burne-Jones, who - with William Morris - connects Victorian and modern art.'A triumph of biographical art.' Independent'Magnificent.'... -
Lubetkin and Goldfinger: The Rise and Fall of British High-Rise Council Housing by Nicholas Russell 9781915603746
RRP: £9.99£7.32Berthold Lubetkin and Ernoe Goldfinger were two leading architects who designed high-rise council housing after the Second World War; a type of building that now holds a poor reputation. Lubetkin built one of the earliest post-war estates in London, Spa... -
The Life of Isamu Noguchi: Journey without Borders by Masayo Duus
RRP: £35.00£28.35Isamu Noguchi, born in Los Angeles as the illegitimate son of an American mother and a Japanese poet father, was one of the most prolific yet enigmatic figures in the history of twentieth-century American art. Throughout his life, Noguchi (1904-1988)... -
Van Gogh: The Life by Steven Naifeh
RRP: £30.00£22.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375758973Author Steven NaifehFormat PaperbackPage Count 976Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1213gDimensions(mm) 231mm... -
The Dali Legacy: How an Eccentric Genius Changed the Art World and Created a Lasting Legacy by Jean-Pierre Isbouts
RRP: £19.99£14.66This immersive dive into the life and work of Salvador Dali unlocks the secret of this creative genius and reveals for the first time how his erotically charged paintings changed the world of modern art. In turns beloved and reviled, twentieth century... -
Chalk by Joshua Rivkin
RRP: £17.99£12.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612198545Author Joshua RivkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Melville House PublishingPublisher Melville House Publishing -
The Lives of Lucian Freud: FAME 1968 - 2011 by William Feaver 9781526603562
RRP: £35.00£25.68LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE CHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATOR THE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'A...