Beyond realism: The life and art of Frederik Grue

If you're a fan of exquisite art or like to read biographies about fascinating figures, make room for this book in your library. It is lavishly illustrated with 32 color plates and black-and-white photographs of the late Frederik Ebbesen Grue's (1951-1995) finest paintings. You can also learn the painting techniques of this 20th-century master from the artist himself. A self-taught artist working in realism, Grue shares the technical secrets behind the making of his detailed Oriental still lifes and landscapes. Along with his work comes a look at the artist in this beautiful, over-sized coffee-table book. You can follow Grue through the chicken-ranching, disco-dancing, motor-cycle fancying days of his youth to his emergence as an award-winning painter. His artwork has been shown nationally--in major galleries as well as museums--and collected internationally.