| 1. |  | The Paintings of Joan Mitchell
from University of California Press
Price: $27.69
Customer Review:
This week we mark the anniversary of Joan Mitchell's death to oropharyngeal/pulmonary cancer (10/30/1992). We turn to a splendid book put together & written by three impressive ladies.
Joan Mitchell, not often found in general art books, none-the-less imposes a powerful presence in the... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 2. |  | Abstraction in Art and Nature
from Dover Publications
Price: $15.61
Customer Review:
This book is a must have...it has chapters set up in logical order with exercises in each section to help you master the lesson of each chapter. This author is or was a professor at the prestigious PRATT INSTITUTE of Utica, New York (through Munson Williams Proctor Arts Institute) and... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 3. |  | Jackson Pollock (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists)
from Children's Press(CT)
Price: $6.95
Customer Review:
Informative book about the late author for elementary school level children. Also a great artist to study and try to replicate. My students have a blast learning about Jackson Pollock then creating their own splattered masterpiece! | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 4. |  | Franz Kline
from Abbeville Press
Price: $44.20
Customer Review:
This book is a very complete and enlightening survey of Kline's art. The author chronogically covers all the aspects of the artist's oeuvre and, though it was written some 22 years ago, this publication is a must-have for anyone interested in the abstract expressionist movement. Many major paintings... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 5. |  | Wolf Kahn
from Harry N. Abrams
Price: $36.46
Customer Review:
I love the paintings of Wolf Kahn. The book was exactly what I had hoped for. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 6. |  | The Rothko Book: Tate Essential Artists Series
from Tate Publishing
Price: $19.77
Customer Review:
Beyond Brilliant. The Rothko Book: Tate Essential Artist Series is the most succinct exploration of the soul and embodiment of a true artist. Nothing I studied getting my MFA gave me the same profundity of an artist's journey into the creation of a new visual language. The struggles, investigations,... more info | 4.5 / 5.0
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| 7. |  | The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
from University of California Press
Price: $29.70
Customer Review:
Well done, gave me a full understanding of the subject, very well written, great book to quote. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 8. |  | Mark Rothko: A Biography
from University Of Chicago Press
Price: $36.00
Customer Review:
I wasnt that interested in his childhood..its the adult fired from brooklyn college unable to sell many paintings id like to know more about!!!!
However this is the book to read if you want to know the facts of his life. | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 9. |  | Clyfford Still 1904-1980: The Buffalo and San Francisco Collections (Art & Design)
from Prestel Publishing
Customer Review:
An excellent catalogue written by leading authorities on a great artist whose unique body of works has remained hidden in the estate (only about 150 paintings are scattered in public and private collections), and who, as a consequence has been neglected by the general public. It is the only such... more info | 5.0 / 5.0
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| 10. |  | Abstract Expressionism (World of Art)
from Thames & Hudson
Price: $12.89
Customer Review:
What I found most striking about this book was the way that the writing ABOUT the art rose to such a complex, historical, metaphorical and intuitive exploration of the art, that I sensed it beginning to vie with the abstract expressionist art itself. In reading this book I began to understand how it... more info | 3.5 / 5.0
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