Ceramics by Picasso by Marilyn McCully (Book)

The unfolding of the Cubist idea in the years before World War I was perhaps the key episode in the development of modern art. Yet the fact that Cubism emerged from creative dialogue...

by Jennifer Hawkins Opis This is a comprehensive catalogue of the Scandinavian Ceramics and Glass collection at the V&A, showing comparative material from all four Scandinavian countries. The history of the many ceramics and glass factories, their artists and designers is outlined against a changing social and political background. Scandinavian design, from the 1950s to the 1970s, was a by-word for modernism. Scandinavian style was the style to which all other designers aspired during that time and the Nordic designers were awarded all the major prizes. Earlier, during the 1920s and 1930s Scandinavian designers were establishing influential design concepts, and ceramics and glass production attracted many of the key artists. Masterworks are included: from Alvar Aalto's "Savoy" vase to Tapio Wirkkala...

If you think of one of the greatest artists of modernism, Joan Miró, you immediately have some of the characteristic motifs of his painting or graphics present in your mind's eye. L...

Christie's hardback auction catalogue Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th October 1999 New York. In October of 1999, Anna Strasberg sourced Christie’s, the renowned auction company, to ...