About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 ...

Through his lurid colors and emphatic brushwork, this introductory book gathers van Gogh's most famous paintings to explore his vibrant, feverish portrayal of mood and place and its influence on generations to come.

Vincent van Gogh is regarded not only as a major pioneer of modernism, but as one of the greatest artists of all time. This book combines a detailed monograph on his life and art with a complete catalogue of his paintings.

Chagall is widely regarded as epitomizing the "painter as poetO and his paintings, steeped in mythology and mysticism, portray colorful dreams and tales that are deeply rooted in his Russian Jewish origins.

Today he is universally seen as one of the great forerunners of 20th century painting, and one of the tragic masters of art.

This is a rare opportunity to come face to face with incredibly precious treasures that one would otherwise never see, treasures once belonging to emperors and kings, and now worth many millions.

This study by the two leading experts - Reiner Metzer and Ingo F. Walther (who previously published the first ever "Complete paintings of Van Gogh") follows the artist from the early gloom-laden paintings in which he captured the misery of ...

Modernism.