Modernism

It was as a revolutionary and troublemaker that Picasso, Dal and Andre Breton described the husband of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, but he was also responsible for creating a public art that was both highly advanced and profoundly accessible. This study presents the work of this extraordinary artis...

This book evaluates Rousseau's standing among painters of the late 19th century. Was his work really naive? Were his jungle paintings merely decorative? These questions and more are answered here by placing Rousseau's life and work in context Rousseau's series of jungle paintings was and still co...