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It is always based on what I see, what is touching me.' For more
than fifty years, Klaus Moje devoted his life to the art of glass.
He called it the 'most seductive' medium, and in his hands it had
the power to delight and amaze collectors around the world. His
lifetime's work changed the practice and appreciation of
contemporary glass. Moje's philosophy of 'working into the hopeful'
and his passion for the colour and geometry he saw in the natural
world shone through his kilnformed glass works, a technique he
pioneered. Moje was both artist and educator. After an
apprenticeship in his father's small glass-cutting and
glass-grinding business and a masters degree at the Glasfachschule
Hadamar, Moje established his Hamburg studio. In 1982, he moved to
Australia to set up the Glass Workshop at the Canberra School of
Art, one of the most successful glass education programs in the
world. Following 10 years teaching, Moje returned to full-time
studio work. His life and art inspired many who chose to work with
this medium. In Glass: The Life and Art of Klaus Moje, art
historian Nola Anderson celebrates the creativity and artistic
spirit of this remarkable artist.
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Ilya Repin
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Grigori Sternine, Elena Kirillina
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W. Heath Robinson is best known for his hilarious drawings of zany
contraptions, though his work ranged across a wide variety of
topics covering many aspects of British life in the decades
following the First World War. Starting out as a watercolour
artist, he quickly turned to the more lucrative field of book
illustration and developed his forte in satirical drawings and
cartoons. He was regularly commissioned by the editors of Tatler
and The Sketch and in great demand from advertising companies.
Collections of his drawings were subsequently published in many
different editions and became so successful as to transform Heath
Robinson into a household name, celebrated for his eccentric brand
of British humour. Presenting such innovations as the 'Zip-Opening
Bonnet', the 'Duo-car for the Incompatible' and the handy 'New Rear
Wheel Gear for Turning the Car in One Movement', this volume of
Heath Robinson illustrations with commentary by K.R.G. Browne will
appeal to 'everybody who is ever likely to drive, be driven in, or
get run over by a mechanically propelled vehicle'.
Enter the fantastic fantasy world of epic doodler Kerby Rosanes in
his creepiest collection yet. From skulls that morph into
butterflies to clockwork dragons and vine-entangled pumpkins -
there's plenty of gothic-inspired scenes and creatures to bring to
life in colour. As an extra challenge, seek out the search items at
the back of the book - there's more to discover within these pages
than you ever dreamed possible. On top of the success of
Animorphia, Imagimorphia and Mythomorphia, Kerby's detailed doodle
skills have already earned him a solid fan base. His Sketchy
Stories Facebook page has more than 1,000,000 likes, he has had
275,000 project views on Behance and his incredible website
(www.kerbyrosanes.com) is getting more hits by the day. Other books
in the colouring series include: 9781910552070 Animorphia
9781910552148 Imagimorphia 9781910552261 Mythomorphia 9781910552926
Geomorphia
The first monograph and only substantial publication on the work of
Patrick George (born 1923), this book will reveal to a largely
unsuspecting public the lyrical paintings of a rare and original
talent. George is better known as a teacher; he taught for forty
years at the Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London
before eventually becoming Director there. He has only shown his
work infrequently, yet perceptive commentators have identified him
as a School of London painter, to be viewed in the same context as
Lucian Freud (a friendly rival), Frank Auerbach (a strong supporter
of George's work), and Euan Uglow (George's close friend and
colleague). For too long dismissed as a follower of Coldstream,
Patrick George is in fact very much his own man, a Northern
European landscape and figure painter, working in the tradition of
Gainsborough and Constable. In this book, his unique contribution
to the development of contemporary landscape painting is for the
first time examined and evaluated.
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