Artists' Letters

An absorbing and illuminating treasury of letters by over 50 artists giving insights into the thinking of master painters from Leonardo da Vinci, Edward Burne-Jones, and Auguste Rodin; to Michelangelo, Paul Gauguin and David Hockney. Themed chapters explore letters between friends and family, fellow artists, influential patrons; and span topics from arranging exhibitions to sharing news of seeing giraffes. The carefully chosen letters are illustrated in facsimile, with a type-set transcription alongside; some including illustrations and marginalia by the artist author. Poignant, entertaining, and eye-opening: discover musings on life, love, work, travel, money, creativity, and everything in between.

Featured artists include: Salvador Dali, Goya, Lucian Freud, Vanessa Bell, Michelangelo, Mondrian, Gustav Klimt, Jasper Johns, Edward Burne-Jones, William Blake, Marcel Duchamp, Dorothea Tanning, Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Picasso, Mark Rothko, David Hockney, Monet, Marina Abramovic, Cindy Sherman, Joseph Cornell, Leonora Carrington, Wang Zhideng, Yayoi Kusama, Yoko Ono, Renoir, Rubens, Eva Hesse, Cy Twombly, Roy Lichtenstein, Mary Cassatt, Jackson Pollock, Leonardo da Vinci, Joseph Beuys, Judy Chicago, Frida Kahlo, Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Auguste Rodin, Camille Claudel, Henry Moore, Joshua Reynolds, Rembrandt, Whistler, Anni Albers, Naum Gabo, Kazimir Malevich, Francis Bacon, Ana Mendieta, Lee Krasner, Andy Warhol.

Paperback
23.5 x 17cm
223 pages
With sepia and two-colour illustrations throughout
FSC accredited paper