Secondhand Art & Visual Arts Bargain Book Box SP2942

Secondhand Art & Visual Arts Bargain Book Box SP2942

Ten substantial art books spanning Australian watercolour, the Impressionists, Donald Friend, Central Asian art, John Olsen, and Van Gogh — a mix of coffee-table and scholarly works for anyone with a serious interest in art.

1. Australian Watercolour Institute: 75th Anniversary 1923–1998 — A commemorative catalogue marking seventy-five years of one of Australia's oldest and most respected watercolour societies.
2. The Treasures of the Impressionists — Jon Kear — A large-format survey of Impressionist masterworks, tracing the movement from Monet and Degas through its lasting influence.
3. The Genius of Donald Friend: Drawings from the Diaries 1942–1989 — Selected and introduced by Lou Klepac — Friend's diary drawings spanning nearly half a century, drawn from one of the most distinctive minds in Australian art.
4. Prints and Drawings — A collection catalogue of prints and works on paper.
5. Central Asian Art — A survey or exhibition catalogue covering the visual traditions of the Silk Road: Islamic architecture, decorative arts, and manuscript illumination.
6. Photography/Art Collection — A substantial photography or art monograph.
7. John Olsen: The You Beaut Country — A major monograph on one of Australia's greatest living painters, celebrating his vivid, life-affirming landscapes and enduring love of the Australian bush.
8. The Private Life of a Masterpiece — Monica Bohm-Duchen — The companion to the BBC television series: the hidden histories, forgotten contexts, and surprising stories behind the world's most famous works of art.
9. Siegfried Anzinger — A monograph on the Austrian figurative painter, one of the key figures of the Neue Wilde movement.
10. Van Gogh's Provence — A focused study of Van Gogh's time in Arles and Saint-Rémy — the period that produced Starry Night, the Sunflowers, and some of the most recognisable images in Western art.