The Last Pre-Raphaelite : Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination by Fiona MacCarthy
$60.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
A wonderful evocation of highly celebrated period of art history from one of the most acclaimed biographers of our time. From the prize winning author of William Morris comes a new biography of Edward Burne-Jones, the greatest British artist of the second half of the nineteenth century. The angels on ou ...Show more
The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making by David Esterly
$40.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Awestruck by the sight of a Grinling Gibbons carving in a London church, David Esterly chose to dedicate his life to the art - its physical control, intricate beauty and intellectual demands. Forty years later, he is the foremost practitioner of Gibbons's forgotten technique, which revolutionised orna ...Show more
The Mind and Times of Reg Mombassa by Murrat Waldren
$80.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: Near Fine
Christopher O'Doherty, aka Reg Mombassa, has infiltrated our culture for more than thirty years with a unique, laconic view of our world - and of his. His wit, sense of mischief and larrikin energy resonated in the songs and performances of one of Australia's most beloved bands, Mental As Anything, whos ...Show more
The Mirror Steamed Over - Love and Pop in London 1962 by Anthony Byrt
$45.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: near fine
In the early sixties at the Royal College of Art in London, three extraordinary personalities collided to reshape contemporary art and literature. Barrie Bates (who would become Billy Apple in November 1962) was an ambitious young graphic designer from New Zealand, who transformed himself into one of po ...Show more
The New York School: Painters and Poets. Neon in Daylight by Jenni Quilter
$140.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
This book celebrates the art, friendship, and unparalleled creativity of this revered and subversive milieu, illuminating unities and tensions, playfulness and glamour, and a startling authenticity of collaboration. From 1936 to 1975, New York artists and writers socialized, lived with, and collaborated ...Show more
This Model World by Byrt Anthony
$45.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
In April 2011, Anthony Byrt was living in Berlin and building a career as a critic, writing about contemporary art for magazines like frieze and Artforum International. Then one day his world turned upside down. A baby boy, two weeks in intensive care, and Byrt, his wife and new-born son suddenly found ...Show more
Vincent van Gogh (The Met) by Amy Guglielmo
$22.01 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Series: What The Artist Saw
See how iconic artists like Vincent van Gogh were influenced by their environments in this beautiful series produced in collaboration with The Met See the world through Vincent van Gogh's eyes and be inspired to produce your own masterpieces. Have you ever wondered exactly what your favourite artists we ...Show more
Vivid: The Paul Hartigan Story by Don Abbott
$65.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
Vivid is a rare, career-spanning survey of New Zealand artist Paul Hartigan. Hartigan is the painter of the original Phantom, an icon in New Zealand art. He is also the creative mind behind some of New Zealand's best-known and loved public sculptures: the neon works Colony (Auckland), Whipping the Wind ...Show more
Warhol
$30.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Series: Masterpieces Collection S.
A monograph on 20th century 'Pop' artist, Warhol.
Warhol by Klaus Honnef
$30.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
A critical observer of American society: Campbell and Brillo Andy Warhol is recognized today as the most important exponent of the Pop Art movement. He overturned the traditional understanding of art and placed in its stead a concept that retracts the individuality of the artist.Warhol was a critical ob ...Show more
Wright (Basic Architecture) by Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer
$25.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series
Widely thought to be the greatest American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959) was a true pioneer, both artistically and technically. At a time when reinforced concrete and steel were considered industrial building materials, Wright boldly made use of them to build private homes. His prairie house ...Show more
noa noa by Paul Gauguin
$45.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Complete with sensuous woodblock prints and sketches, this exquisitely designed edition - is still the only translation to contain all of Gauguin's richly coloured illustrations of the Tahiti diary.