Polish avant-garde artistJadwiga Maziarska was one of the most important voices of the Polish avant-garde. Her explorations in the field of "matter painting" were groundbreaking and far ahead of similar attempts by other local artists as well as contemporaries in other countries. Between 1934 39 she studied at the Faculty of Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts in Krak w (with Erna Rosenstein and Tadeusz Kantor). During this period, she was closely associated with the 1st Kra...
Independent photojournalism and documentary pho tography are indispensable tools of political education for a democratic society play an essential role in shaping public opinion—especially in our so-called “post-factual” era. In recognition of this, the independent nonprofit organization World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, has been presenting the World Press Photo Award for the best photo, the best story, the best long term project of the year for more than six ...
Form, color, and light a pioneer of painterly abstractionPaul Cezanne is unquestionably one of the most influential artists of the nineteenth century. He is regarded as a pioneer of modernism who deliberately broke with the laws of perspective in his works and constructed the world out of color and form. He thus gave decisive impetus to Cubist painting and the development of abstraction. The catalogue accompanies a comprehensive exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler, which is h...
Women Photographers 1900 1975: A Legacy of Light presents the work and lives of over 80 women whose contributions to photography have been historically underacknowledgedFeaturing a carefully curated selection of images, essays and poetry, this volume is a rich collective portrait of artists whose vision and influence shaped the medium in profound ways. With images by: Berenice Abbott, Karimeh Abbud, Laure Albin Guillot, Lola lvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Gertrud Arndt, Ellen Aue...
That incomparable melancholy in Edward Hopper's pictures occasionally leads us to look at the details of his life. Where exactly did this master of loneliness live and work? What were his most important influences while he was working on his great paintings of America? In this wonderful, simply structured, A-to-Z book, Ulf K ster pursues these themes, which say a great deal about the painter and his interests, and yet he never loses sight of the artist and the necessary dista...
