Donald Wigal

An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature, and, above all, music. While he collaborated with artists like August Macke and Alexej von Jawlensky, his most famous partnership was with the abstract expressionist, Wassily Kandinsky.

Klee

The men and women who shaped our world—in their own words. The Wisdom Library invites you on a journey through the lives and works of the world’s greatest thinkers and leaders. Compiled by scholars, this series presents excerpts from the most important and revealing writings of the most remarkable minds of all time. THE WISDOM OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT “We must join in an effort to use all knowledge for the good of all human beings. When we do that we shall have nothing to fear.” John F. Kennedy described Eleanor Roosevelt as “one of the great ladies in the history of this country.” A role model for generations of women, Mrs. Roosevelt made an indelible mark as First Lady. Although painfully shy, she never hesitated to publicly champion the poor, minorities, women and other victims of discrimination. She was among the twentieth century’s most active civil rights pioneers, compelling her husband to sign a series of Executive Orders barring discrimination in the administration of various New Deal projects, and supporting desegregation of the armed forces. Her groundbreaking column, “My Day,” ran in national newspapers for twenty-six years. During her tenure as U.S. delegate to the United Nations, she was the principal author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. She also maintained close friendships and correspondences with notable statespeople, including her husband’s successor, Harry S. Truman, who declared her “First Lady of the World.” With revealing excerpts from her letters and published work, The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt delves into the passions and concerns that drove this exceptional humanitarian. Here is a fascinating and essential tribute to a woman ahead of her time, whose actions truly conveyed her words, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.”

The Wisdom of Eleanor Roosevelt

Born in 1912, in a small town in Wyoming, Jackson Pollock embodied the American dream as the country found itself confronted with the realities of a modern era replacing the fading nineteenth century. Pollock left home in search of fame and fortune in New York City. Thanks to the Federal Art Project he quickly won acclaim, and after the Second World War became the biggest art celebrity in America. For De Kooning, Pollock was the “icebreaker”. For Max Ernst and Masson, Pollock was a fellow member of the European Surrealist movement. And for Motherwell, Pollock was a legitimate candidate for the status of the Master of the American School. During the many upheavals in his life in Nez York in the 1950s and 60s, Pollock lost his bearings - success had simply come too fast and too easily. It was during this period that he turned to alcohol and disintegrated his marriage to Lee Krasner. His life ended like that of 50s film icon James Dean behind the wheel of his Oldsmobile, after a night of drinking.

Pollock

L’opium, cette substance autrefois utilisée à des fins rituelles contre la douleur et offrant l’accès à un univers artificiel, fut longtemps idéalisée par les artistes et les écrivains. baudelaire, malraux, cocteau, tous s’inspirèrent des nuages de la fée bleue pour créer. drogue sacrée ou bien pire des poisons, l’opium devint rapidement populaire en grandebretagne et source de commerce avec la chine impériale. ce titre présente de manière illustrée l’histoire et les rites quasi religieux de sa consommation.

Opium

Opium, once used for ritual purposes, is a substance which dulls pain and offers access to an artificial world, and has long been idealized by artists and markets. Baudelaire, Picasso, and Dickens were all inspired to create by the blue clouds of smoke. Known as either a sacred drug or the worst of poisons, opium rapidly became popular in Great Britain and a source of commerce with Imperial China. This illustrated work presents the history and quasi-religious rites of opium’s use.

„Am Anfang die weiße Leinwand, leer, dann ein vorsichtiger Beginn, die Farbe ergießt sich aus dem Topf auf die weiße Fläche...“ Hans Namuth. Jackson Pollock wird 1912 in einem kleinen Dorf in Wyoming geboren. Er verkörpert alle sich um das entstehende Amerika rankenden Mythen, das sich mit der Realität des ausgehenden 19. und des beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts, dessen Modernität alle Bezugspunkte zerstört, auseinandersetzt. Wie in einem Roman erobert Pollock New York und hat, dank des Federal Art Projekt, schnell Erfolg und einen guten Ruf. Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wird er zum ersten großen Star der amerikanischen Malerei. Hofiert und umschmeichelt, wird Pollock, wie es De Kooning ausgedrückt hat, zum Symbol des „Eisbrechers“. Für Max Ernst und Masson war er ein Weggefährte der europäischen Surrealisten, für Motherwell ein Thronanwärter für den Meister der Amerikanischen Schule. Aber in der stürmischen Zeit des New York der 1950er und 60er Jahre verliert Pollock alle seine Bezugspunkte. Durch seinen zu schnellen Erfolg verfällt er dem Alkoholismus und zerstört seine Ehe mit Lee Krasner. Um seinen Mythos vollkommen zu machen, musste er, wie der andere Star dieser Epoche, James Dean, nach einem Saufgelage mit seinem Oldtimer tödlich verunglücken. Das vorliegende Ebook betrachtet Pollocks Persönlichkeit unter einem neuen Licht, dem seines Werkes, das ihn unbestritten zu einem Meister des abstrakten amerikanischen Expressionismus macht.

Victoria Charles

Klaus Carl

Joseph Manca

Megan McShane

O adevarata calatorie prin timp si spatiu, prin arta si istorie, un ghid splendid ilustrat care va ofera o viziune globala a evolutiei picturii.

30 de milenii de pictura

Mikhail Guerman

Sylvie Forestier

Chagall loved blue. “The blue of the sky which ceaselessly combats the clouds which pass, which pass…” (Baudelaire). Marc Chagall’s journey began in his native Russia and concluded with his Parisian triumph, the extraordinary ceiling of the Paris Opera House, commissioned by André Malraux. On the way, he embraced the spirit of the twentieth century without ever disowning his Jewish-Russian origins. This work follows the path of the artist through his early works, his discovery of the United States and his passion for France. Marc Chagall, unaffiliated with any movement but influenced by his encounters with Bakst, Matisse and Picasso, remains, undeniably, the painter of poetry.

Donald Wigal

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