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Seurat

by Hajo Duchting

Published August 1999

Georges Seurat (1859-1891) was only 31 when he died, but his short life blazed with inspiration, vision, and creativity and altered the course of European painting.

A keen student of the interplay between light and color, Seurat studied Delacroix, in particular, as a student at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His studies led him to develop the concept of Neoimpressionism, which in turn, resulted in the radical approach of Divisionism. This technique, which informs his two best-known pieces Bathers at Asnieres and A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884, used pointillism to laboriously develop images that shimmered with luminescence and movement.

In this accessible and enjoyable introduction to Seurat's life and work, we meet an artist driven by a profound need to articulate nature, harmony, and the simple pleasures of life in dense, kinetic tones and lines.

Wassily Kandinsky

by Hajo Duchting

Published September 1992

This highly readable introduction to the abstract artist Wassily Kandinsky reveals why he remains one of the most influential and imitated artists. This book explores all facets of Kandinsky s life and career, from his radical work as the founder of the Blue Rider group and his escape from Weimar Germany to Paris, to his stormy love affair with the painter Gabriele MAnter and his many friendships with leading artists of his generation. Color reproductions of Kandinsky's works are presented alongside photographs that document the tumultuous world he inhabited. Tracing the arc of Kandinsky s artistic development from his early landscapes and experiments with impressionism to his emergence as a pioneer in the field of abstract expressionism this beautifully designed volume celebrates Kandinsky s work through the lens of his extraordinary life.

Delaunay

by Hajo Duchting

Published September 1994