Beautifully illustrated with 40 four-color and 85 black-and-white full-page plates, this finely crafted volume is the first book in English devoted entirely to the drawings and watercolors of German Romantic artists, including Caspar David Friedrich, Philipp Otto Runge, and Adolph von Menzel.   Published to coincide with a landmark exhibition at The Pierpont Morgan Library in New York, The Romantic Spirit features 125 drawings gathered from the Nationalgalerie, East Berlin, and the Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, two of the richest repositories of this material in the world. (This is the first time this material has ever been lent to the West.) In addition, an introduction traces the history of collecting German 19th-century drawings in Berlin and Dresden, and five stimulating essays explore various aspects of 19th-century German art, including the major artistic trends (Romanticism, Realism, Classicism, and Biedermeier) and Italian and other foreign influences on German Romantic Art.   This exceptional volume is an excellent addition to any library of fine art books. Collectors will especially appreciate the high quality of craftsmanship.

The Romantic Spirit: German Drawings, 1780-1850, from the German Democratic Republic (STAATLICHE MUSEEN, BERLIN AND THE KUPFERSTICH-KABINETT)

Arts & Photography

Robinson, William W.

Kühn, Matthias

Schmidt, Werner

Betthausen, Peter

Keisch, Claude

Lippold, Gertraute

Riemann, Gottfried

Riemann-Reyher, Maria Ursula

Barr, Pamela T.

History & Criticism

Oxford University Press

This beautiful book presents highlights from the collection of Maida and George Abrams, arguably the finest private collection of Dutch seventeenth-century drawings in the world. The works range from studies by renowned masters―including Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rembrandt van Rijn, Jacob van Ruisdael, Jacques de Gheyn II, Hendrick Goltzius, and Hendrick Avercamp―to drawings by lesser-known draftsmen whose contributions are essential to understanding the art of the period. The book features seven drawings by Rembrandt, a diverse group by his pupils, a comprehensive survey of Dutch landscape drawing, and figure studies and scenes of daily life by genre artists such as Willem Buytewech and Adriaen van Ostade. The works are explicated in William Robinson’s detailed catalogue entries and in two essays: George Abrams reflects on recent acquisitions for his collection; and Martin Royalton-Kisch examines the Abrams’ holdings within the tradition of specialized collections of Dutch drawings in England, France, and America.

Bruegel to Rembrandt: Dutch and Flemish Drawings from the Maida and George Abrams Collection

Harvard Art Museums

This superb book presents 100 notable examples from the Harvard Art Museums’ distinguished collection of Dutch, Flemish, and Netherlandish drawings from the 16th to 18th century. Featuring such masters as Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, and Rembrandt van Rijn, the volume showcases beautiful color illustrations accompanied by insightful commentary on prevalent styles and techniques. Genres that define this artistic period—landscape, scenes of everyday life, portraiture, and still life—are explored in detail. The book also presents the results of new conservation and technical study, including infrared analysis and scientific examinations of drawing materials. This revelatory new research has allowed previously illegible underdrawings and inscriptions in many of the artworks to surface for the first time, shedding light on longstanding mysteries of production and provenance.

Drawings from the Age of Bruegel, Rubens, and Rembrandt: Highlights from the Collection of the Harvard Art Museums

The complexity and variety of sixteenth-century Netherlandish art endow it with a particular dynamism. It was in the sixteenth century that drawing attained an independent status as an art in itself, distinct from painting; landscape increasingly became a separate genre; and artists consciously referred to the great masters of the past, showing the tremendous influence of Italian art in their own works. This volume documents the unique qualities of the art of drawing during the age of Bruegel. Designed to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art and The Pierpont Morgan Library, the book is also an invaluable scholarly record. In addition to 123 catalogue entries and more than 350 reproductions of rarely-seen drawings, three in-depth essays contain discussions of the art of the period. Its development is traced from a late medieval style at the end of the fifteenth century to the influence of the Italian Renaissance and mannerism in the 1500s, and ultimately to the beginning of the baroque period in the early 1600s. The detailed entries encompass works by sixty-two artists, including Hieronymus Bosch, Jan Gossaert, Lucas van Leyden, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jan Brueghel the Elder, Karel van Mander, and others. The book will interest specialists and also general readers attracted by the warmth of Netherlandish art.

The Age of Bruegel: Netherlandish Drawings in the Sixteenth Century

Hand, John Oliver

Wolff, Martha

Judson, J. Richard

Cambridge University Press

267 illustrations, including 137 plates in color. Bound in publisher's original navy blue cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.

Harvard's Art Museums: 100 Years of Collecting

Mitten, David Gordon

Welch, Stuart Cary

Gaskell, Ivan

Cohn, Marjorie B.

Harvard University Art Museums

Nisbet, Peter

Kao, Deborah Martin

Mowry, Robert D.

Cuno, James B.

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

Book by Denison, Cara D., Herd, Julia, Robinson, William W., Wiles, Stephanie

Drawings from the Collection of Mr and Mrs Eugene Victor Thaw: Part 2

Wiles, Stephanie

Denison, Cara D.

Herd, Julia

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Pierpont Morgan Library

Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference

Rembrandt was the most famous painter of the Dutch Golden Age, and the opportunity to work in his studio attracted young artists for nearly four decades, until the artist’s death in 1669. This catalogue explores the workings of Rembrandt’s studio in the form of drawings made by the master himself and fifteen of his pupils. Rembrandt and his students would often depict the same subject matter as an exercise and make drawings of the same nude models.
 Organized chronologically, Drawings by Rembrandt and His Pupils: Telling the Difference is a groundbreaking study that presents more than forty works by Rembrandt and related works by his pupils. It explores the scholarship of recent decades that has brought new and more systematic criteria to bear on determining the authenticity of Rembrandt drawings, and defines the styles of his pupils and followers with ever-greater precision.
This is an essential book for anyone interested in the Dutch Golden Age or the lives and careers of Rembrandt and the artists in his immediate circle.

Hendrix, Lee

Bevers, Holm

Schatborn, Peter

J.paul Getty Museum

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