This set of 20 annotated slides depicts some of Gaugin's better known works of art. Book also includes general discussions of Gaugin's techniques.

The unique vision of Russian-born French painter Marc Chagall (1887-1985) made him one of the most popular artists of the 20th century. His exuberant, poetic style drew upon childhood memories to create irrational, dreamlike images. This publication includes a biography and chronology of Chagall's life and career.

"In his Gentle Art of Making Enemies the expatriate American Painter James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) included these excerpts from the court proceedings of 1878 in his libel suit against John Ruskin. Whistler was awarded a farthing in damages, but public sentiment so strongly favored Ruskin that Whistler was forced into bankruptcy. The trial, marked by considerable hilarity and the sallies of Whistler's pugnacious wit, was a rather dubious...