Kurt Vonnegut Drawings

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Those who know Kurt Vonnegut as one of America's most beloved and
influential writers will be surprised and delighted to discover that he was also a gifted graphic artist. Kurt Vonnegut's daughter Nanette introduces this volume of his never before published drawings with an intimate remembrance of her father. Vonnegut always drew, and many of his novels contain sketches. "Breakfast of Champions" (1973) included many felt-tip pen drawings, and he had a show in 1983 of his drawings at New York's Margo Feiden Gallery, but really got going in the early 1990s when he became acquainted with the screenprinter Joe Petro III, who became his partner in making his colorful drawings available as silkscreens.

The Sunflowers Are Mine: The Story of Van Gogh's Masterpiece

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Vincent Van Gogh (1853-90) expert Bailey (lead writer, "The Art Newspaper"; "Letters from Provence") tells the story of the artist's seven iconic sunflower paintings, from their creation through what is known of them today. The first of the book's two parts focuses on the artist's lifetime. Bailey conjectures convincingly about van Gogh's likely inspirations and influences and offers an extended explication of his techniques as well as the works themselves. He revels in details, such as how van Gogh hung one of the paintings, made for fellow artist Paul Gauguin, in the guest room of his yellow house in Arles. The second section focuses on what happened to each of the pieces after van Gogh's death. Bailey includes illustrations of each, including the still life of six sunflowers against a dark-blue background, which was destroyed during World War II. The author recounts how the images were widely ridiculed as those of a madman. In 1987, however, a Japanese insurance company paid over 25 million sterling for one of these pieces. Library Journal (05/01/2014)

This Is Warhol

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Andy Warhol, the iconic Pop artist, presented himself as the vacuous, dumb kid, famously saying, "If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintings . and there I am. There's nothing behind it." This book penetrates the surface and explores Warhol's art from his beginnings as a commercial artist to his apotheosis as a society portrait painter. Vivid illustrations reveal Andy's worlds: his childhood in Pittsburgh, his chaotic Manhattan mansion, and the Silver Factory, where New York's bright new things hung out and had fun.
Series writer Catherine Ingram brings her extensive knowledge to the book, while specially commissioned illustrations by Andrew Rae vividly portray the text.