Graham Nickson: Dual Natures captures the essential core of Graham Nickson's paintings of the past 30 years: the figure in the landscape, in particular the coastal landscape. The long, low-lying horizon that sharply divides the picture is in stark contrast to the nearly always uprightness of the figures. An unstated proposition arises: Do nature and man co-exist or is man simply a passing moment, an incident that marks time?
 The text by Andrew Forge and Harold Cooper address this question and examine the profound scholarship of and homage to certain key figures in art. Obvious references include Cezanne's Bather, the quiet and solemn paintings of Picasso's blue period, Matisse's color and light, the sculptures of Rodin and Degas. Nickson straddles the depictive and abstract in a way that brings vigor to the work, using enigma and ambiguity to engage the viewer in the drama of a moment.

Graham Nickson: Dual Natures

Arts & Photography

Forge, Andrew

Nickson, Graham

Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum

Cooper, Harold

Painting

Frye Art Museum

Francis Bacon

Ades, Dawn

Thames and Hudson Ltd.

In the winter of 1880 Edouard Manet, then 49, was dying. In the last months of his life he funnelled his waning energy into a series of remarkable still lifes - 16 small paintings of flowers - which are brought together in this book. An essay by Andrew Forge pays tribute to the artist's struggle and his legacy, and Robert Gordon's selections from Manet's letters add poignancy to this last glow of a brilliant artistic flame.

The Last Flowers of Manet

GORDON, ROBERT

History & Criticism

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Rauschenberg (Abrams/Meridian modern artists series)

Abrams; [distributed by World

The Art Institute of Chicago holds one of the largest and finest representations in North America of the work of Claude Monet (1840-1926), covering the entire career of this great Impressionist master. This book reproduces all 33 Monet paintings in the Art Institute in full color, along with a number of beautiful and instructive details. Andrew Forge's discussion of Monet's achievements - from the Arrival of the Normandy Train, Saint-Lazare Station to the six extraordinary paintings from his well-known Wheatstack series, from his years in Argenteuil to the creation of his garden of water lilies in Giverny - will engage and inform all who are interested in this remarkable artist.

Monet Art Institute of Chicago (Artists in Focus)

Harry N. Abrams

Rauschenberg (Modern artists)

Abrams

In more than 125 color and 250 duotone reproductions, the art of Monet is freshly examined. Scores of new images, gathered from private collections, expose the painting problems that Monet confronted throughout his life. Text includes Monet's unpublished documents, personal letters and architectural plans.

Monet

Individual Artists

A definitive overview of the life and work of the great French Impressionist Edgar Degas features more than three hundred illustrations, many in color, along with two gatefolds, that capture the remarkable artistry of a great painter.

Degas

Claude Monet in the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Inst of Chicago Museum Shop

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