Gerhard Richter

Helmut Friedel

"This monumental publication maps the ideas, processes, life and times of one of the most important painters of the late twentieth century. Having left East Germany in 1961, where he had already established a reputation as a Realist painter, Gerhard Richter went on to attend the Dusseldorf Academy, striking out on a radical new path and changing the history of painting as he looked to photography for a way to release painting from the political and symbolic burdens of Socialist Realism and Abstract Expressionism." "Conceived and closely edited by Gerhard Richter himself, Atlas cuts straight to the heart of the artist's work, presenting the photographs, drawings and sketches that he has compiled or created since the moment of his creative breakthrough in 1962. From pictures of family and friends to images from the mass media, Richter's photographs - sometimes found, sometimes original - have provided the basis for many of his paintings, often re-emerging in a luminous, monochromatic palette, and falling ambiguously between documentary and historical painting. The images closely parallel, year by year, the subjects of Richter's paintings, revealing the orderly but open-ended analysis that has been so central to his art. Offering invaluable insight into Richter's working process, this monumental new edition, which completely revises and updates the rare, out-of-print 1997 edition, features 783 multi-image sheets, each reproduced full page and in full color."--BOOK JACKET.

Atlas

Kaja Silverman

James Coleman

Susanne Gaensheimer

In a detailed essay, the film theorist Kaja Silverman discusses the four works Background (1991-94), Lapsus Exposure (1992-94), Initials (1993/94) and Photograph (1998/99).

Ausstellung: Kunstbau Der Städtischen Galerie Im Lenbachhaus, München, 20.4. - 21.7.2002 / Sprengel Museum Hannover 6.10.2002 - 12.1.2003.

James Coleman.

Franz Marc

Annegret Hoberg

Isabelle Jansen

Barbara Eschenburg

Contains a biography of nineteenth-century German Expressionist painter Franz Marc, and provides critical analyses, along with over three hundred reproductions and photographs, of his works.

The Retrospective

Now available in a new format, this opulent book presents Vasily Kandinsky’s major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates the artist and his groundbreaking work. This generously illustrated volume displays Vasily Kandinsky’s brilliant use of color, shape, and composition through approximately 250 full-color illustrations. Essays by the world’s leading Kandinsky experts focus on the evolution of his work throughout all periods of his career: his exploration of his Russian roots and his emigration to Munich; his attraction to the Art Nouveau and fauvist movements; the formation of the Blue Rider group; the influence of music on his painting; his years at the Bauhaus; and his late work in Paris. The book’s design allows for a thorough examination of Kandinsky’s most important works in all their extraordinary detail. Accessible, impeccably researched, and wide-ranging, this important volume offers an indispensable overview of the artist’s seminal works and a tribute to the beauty and power of Kandinsky’s vision.

Vasily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky

Vivian Endicott Barnett

A comprehensive account of Wassily Kandinsky's early work (1900-1914), the period of his radical shift to abstraction. The works illustrated in this volume form the collection of the Lenbachhaus in Munich, Germany. The author has also compiled the catalogue raisonne of Kandinsky's watercolours.

A Colorful Life : the Collection of the Lenbachhaus, Munich

Vasily Kandinsky: Kleine Welten : zwölf Blatt Originalgraphik

Edited by Helmut Friedel ; Translated from the German by Michael Robertson

Städtische Galerie Im Lenbachhaus Munich /

Robert Storr

Now available in a flexi edition, this book explores Gerhard Richter's mesmerizing abstract paintings from a particularly fertile period of one of the most important living artists. Startling colors, soft grays, undulating lines and large canvases are the hallmark of Richter's abstract period. Like all of Richter's painting, these works defy categorization, reflecting the artist's own journey towards understanding the world around him, a journey he invites his viewers to share with him. Three of his seminal works of this period: Red, Yellow, and Blue, are given particular attention and are presented here in luxurious foldout spreads. An illustrated essay by Robert Storr, perhaps the foremost authority on Richter, provides illuminating background to the artist's rich and complex oeuvre. Art critic Helmut Friedel interviews the artist and offers his own perspective on Richter's converging interests in painting and photography.

Helmut Friedel

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