A lavishly illustrated reference on a little-known chapter in art history―the art of the three Baltic States, covering a wide range of mediums, movements, and styles. 
In this highly illustrated volume, Serge Fauchereau presents the modern art scene of the Baltic countries, showing how artists from Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia created their own art movement rooted in Baltic life. By the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Baltic artists and writers were starting to reclaim and promote their artistic heritage as radically distinct from that of the invading nations, with pioneers such as M. K. Ciurlionis and Vilhelms Purvitis demonstrating rare originality in their work. Focusing on the modern era, Fauchereau tackles a broad range of artistic fields such as painting, sculpture, photography, and art criticism and includes works by Petras Kalpokas, Aleksandra Belcova, and Eduard Ole, among many others. 
Art of the Baltic States is organized into three main chapters, documenting the history of art in each country. Enriched with illustrations from important museum collections, Fauchereau covers key art movements as well as their rich and complex historical background, from time under the Czars and the German crown to the invasion by the Soviet Union and beyond. With each country showcased in its own lavishly illustrated section, this is a wonderful guide to a vibrant field in European art history that is often overlooked but deserves rediscovery and a place on the global stage. 294 illustrations

Art of the Baltic States: Modernism, Freedom and Identity 1900-1950

Arts & Photography

FAUCHEREAU, Serge

History & Criticism

Thames&Hudson

Modern art from the Nordic countries--­Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland--­tends to be represented by a few famous artists, and an aesthetic known for combining originality and continuity of tradition. Although influenced by the wider international art movements of the time, modern Nordic artists were also independently creative, developing styles unique to the region. This extensively illustrated survey, from impressionism to the mid-twentieth century, reveals a new art history of the region, encompassing a surprisingly broad range of artists both familiar and unknown: Anders Zorn and Hilma af Klimt, Vilhelm Hammershøi and Franciska Clausen, Edvard Munch and Harriet Backer, Akseli Gallen-­Kallela and Fanny Churberg, Finnur Jónsson and Öyvind Fahlström. Providing a detailed overview of the greatest artworks of the period, this book also places the work in the context of each Nordic country as well as in the broader art world of the time. It also examines the significant role of women artists in the story of modern Nordic art, chronicling their significant artistic legacy as well as their key contribution to the women's rights movement in Scandinavian society. The result is a comprehensive account of modern Nordic art in one impressive volume that is sure to be a definitive account on the subject.

Art of the Nordic Nations: Roads to Modernism in Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, 1870–1950

Briefly surveys the life and career of the French painter, and shows works from each stage of his career

Braque

Rizzoli

Traces the life and career of the Franco-Swiss artist and shows examples of his collage, graphics, stone and bronze sculptures, and wood reliefs

Hans Arp

Briefly traces the life and career of the Czech artist and shows a variety of his paintings and prints

Kupka (Rizzoli 20th Century Artists)

Graphic Design

Published to coincide with a major exhibition, this study of Scandinavian painting of the 1920s and 1930s includes 140 works assembled from the national galleries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden, and from other Scandinavian public and private collections. The volume is organized by country, and each section is prefaced with an essay by a national art authority. Biographies of the individual artists accompany the full-page color reproductions of their works. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Scandinavian Modernism: Painting in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden 1910-1920

History

Malevich

Summarizes the life and work of the Russian avante-garde artist and presents reproductions of his works from each stage of his career

Individual Artists

This book presents the work of one of the twentieth century's most influential painters. Leger (1881-1955) is associated with the Cubist movement, although he disagreed with the analytical method of the Cubists and supported the Section d'Or group's emphasis on movement and color. This interest can be seen in Leger's earlier work, while his later art focuses on industrial objects and landscapes. This volume is a collection of Leger's most influential work - from the vigorous energy and sharp draughtsmanship of his early years, to the aggressive, unidealized industrial forms of his later work. Author Serge Fauchereau clearly outlines the progression of Leger's career and his impact on the history of modern art.

Fernand Leger

Mondrian

Fiction. Poetry. Translation. An important French poet and art critic born in 1939, Fauchereau has been Professor of American literature at the University of Texas at Austin, as well as at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (SUNY). A prolific author, Fauchereau has written numerous monographs on 20th-century art and artists, studying artists such as Fernand Leger and Georges Braque. COMPLETE FICTION is composed of a series of often-elegant vignettes and reminiscences, fractured with great care and subtlety, all ably translated from the French by Ron Padgett and John Ashbery.

Complete Fiction

Literature & Fiction

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