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Looking At Manet
Zola's writings on Manet were the first to identify the painter's seminal role in the emergence of modern art.
Lives of Gainsborough
One of the best-loved painters in English history, Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) was also one of the most personally engaging. Bon vivant, wit, amateur and enthusiastic musician, …
Auguste Rodin
Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) was already an old man when the young poet Rainer Maria Rilke went to interview him for the first time. Rilke stayed on to work as Rodin's secretary. …
Memories of Degas
Degas was a celebrity in Britain in his lifetime, thanks originally to George Moore's pioneering essay, The Painter of Modern Life. When Degas died Moore reprised the essay with …
The Life of William Shakespeare
This rare text is the first ever biography of Shakespeare, written by one of the liveliest dramatists and poets of the early 18th century. This landmark in our understanding of the …
Lives of Titian
Titian (c. 1488-1576) was recognised very early on as the leading painter of his generation in Venice. Starting in the studio of the aged Giovanni Bellini, Titian, with his …
Lives of Leonardo da Vinci
For many people the greatest artist, and the quintessential Renaissance man, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, architect, theatre designer, engineer, sculptor, …
Lives of Velázquez
Collected for the first time in a new translation: two of the most important and far-reaching biographies of an artist ever written, and our principal sources for the life of …
Memoir of Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh's short, passionate life movingly described by his sister in law, who saved his paintings and drawings for the world.