Chagall : the dream of life by Jackie Wullschlager
$70.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
'When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is'. Picasso said this in the 1950s, when he and Chagall were eminent neighbors living in splendor on the Cote d'Azur. But behind Chagall's role as a pioneer of modern art lay struggle, heartbreak, bitterness, lo ...Show more
Charles Brasch: Journals, 1938–1945 by Charles Brasch
$60.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
For most of his adult life, Charles Brasch s most intimate companion was his diary. In these journals, written in London during the Second World War, he is a young man searching for answers. Is he a pacifist? Should he join the army? Is he homosexual? Should he marry? Should he return home to New Zealan ...Show more
Chihuly: 365 Days by Dale Chihuly
$78.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Series: 365 Series
Dale Chihuly is the founder of the Pilchuck Glass School and father of the American studio glass movement. This book features 500 colour photographs of works that span his career, accompanied quotes from the artist himself, short texts on his series pieces, as well as a chronology.
Christchurch: an Artists' Tribute by Denis Robinson
$50.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
Denis Robinson has compiled a moving tribute to Christchurch with a collection of paintings of the city as it was before the devastating earthquakes of 2010 and 2011. He approached 19 artists - Cantabrians, past or present, or frequent visitors from other places - to request paintings that showed beauti ...Show more
Clarice Cliff by Lynn Knight
$60.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
The first ever full-length biography of the unique woman who changed the face of pottery and epitomised the Art Deco movement. Clarice Cliff was one of the most significant ceramic designers of the twentieth century. Her work - a 'gargantuan feast of colour' - is avidly collected and is for many the ...Show more
Colin McCahon - A Question of Faith by Marja Bloem; Martin Browne
$50.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
Colin McCahon is the first new Zealand painter of major international importance, and his stature in the arts of Australasia is unique. This has been recognised by the Stedelijk Museum of Art in the Netherlands which opened a major exhibition of his most important paintings in August 2002, which travels ...Show more
Colin McCahon - The Titirangi Years 1953-1959 by Peter Simpson
$60.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
This book provides a comprehensive overview of a crucial period in the work of New Zealands greatest painter. This book was suggested by the McCahon House Trust which has overseen the restoration and preservation of the house in French Bay where McCahon and his family lived in the 1950s. With the house ...Show more
Comprehensively Clarice Cliff by Greg Slater
$174.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
The dazzling ceramics of Clarice Cliff and of the Wilkinson family in the north of England have become one of the great collectables from the 20th century. Ever since the exuberant colours and bold shapes of Clarice Cliff's classic Art Deco pieces first caught the imagination of collectors, auction pric ...Show more
Contemporary New Zealand Art 1 by Elizabeth Caughey and John Gow
$50.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
This is the first of a series of books that provides a comprehensive view of New Zealand artists working at the end of the 20th century. The volume features over 100 artworks, representing 20 artists working in a variety of media - painting, photography, sculpture, installation and multimedia. Along wit ...Show more
Contemporary New Zealand Art 2 by Elizabeth Caughey; John Gow
$50.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
Offers a comprehensive view of New Zealand art at the end of the 20th century. The book explores the work of 20 established and emerging artists working in a variety of media, from painting and photography to sculpture, installation and multimedia. A selection of each artist's work is included. Gretchen ...Show more
Contemporary New Zealand Art 3 by Elizabeth Caughey and John Gow (eds)
$49.99 NZD
Category: artists biographies | Reading Level: very good
Contemporary New Zealand Art 4 is the final book in a series that offers readers a comprehensive view of New Zealand artists working at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st centuries. This volume features over 100 artworks reproduced in full colour representing twenty artists, both establis ...Show more
Contemporary New Zealand Art 5 by Elizabeth Caughey
$50.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
The latest title in the successful Contemporary Arts series showcasing 24 of New Zealand's established and up-and-coming artists. This volume features Luise Fong, Neil Pardington, James Ormsby, Sara Hughes, Viky Garden and Stanley Palmer among others. First published Octoboer 2008.