When French Impressionist artist Edgar Degas died in 1917, his vast private collection of over 5,000 paintings and prints came to light, containing works by Manet, Cezanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Cassatt. The collection is reconstructed here for the first time in this absorbing book, along with 11 essays about Degas and his times. 250 illustrations, 200 in full color.

The Private Collection of Edgar Degas

Ann Dumas

Arts & Photography

Abrams, N

A companion volume to the catalogue that accompanied the exhibition of Degas's vast private art collection in late 1997. It contains much additional information concerning the 5000 paintings, drawings and prints, including such details as provenance, selected references and current locations.

The Private Collection of Edgar Degas: A Summary Catalogue

Colta Ives

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Matisse in the Studio

Suzanne Preston Blier

MFA Publications

Woodner Collection Master Drawings

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Metropolitan Museum of Art & Abaris Books

Inspiring Impressionism: The Impressionists and the Art of the Past

Denver Art Museum

A lavishly illustrated exploration of the textile works of Henri Matisse, published to coincide with a major international exhibition, considers the artist's relationship with textiles throughout his career, documenting how the art form and its materials significantly impacted many of his key works.

Matisse, His Art and His Textiles

Jack Flam

Remi Labrusse

Individual Artists

Royal Academy Books

Product DescriptionHenri Matisse's ancestors had been weavers for generations: textiles, a key to his visual imagination, were in his blood. Although he was to outgrow every other influence, textiles retained their power for him throughout his life. His studio in Nice was a treasure house of exotic Persian carpets, delicate Arab embroideries, richly hued African wall hangings, and any number of colorful cushions, curtains, costumes, patterned screens, and backcloths.This sumptuously illustrated book, which accompanies a groundbreaking exhibition at the Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis; the Royal Academy of Arts, London; and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, explores for the first time Matisse's relationship with the textiles that surrounded him from his earliest days. Charting how the fabrics he painted became the very fabric of his painting, the authors examine the ways in which one of the greatest pioneers in modern art history used what he called his "working library" of textiles to furnish, order, and compose his extraordinary works of art. AUTHOR BIO: Ann Dumas is an independent exhibition curator. Jack Flam is professor of art and art history at Brooklyn College and New York University's Institute of Fine Arts. Rémi Labrusse is professor of contemporary art history at the Université de Picardie, Amiens. Hilary Spurling is working on the second volume of a biography of Matisse. Dominique Szymusiak is director of the Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis.

Matisse, His Art and His Textiles: The Fabric of Dreams (an exhibition catalogue)

Hilary Spurling

Kathleen Brunner

Dominique Szymusiak

History & Criticism

Royal Academy of Arts

Daumier: Visions of Paris

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