Traces the history of Abstract Expressionism, and examines its political implications and the cultural context in which it developed.

This is a full-length biography of Mark Rothko, arguably one of the greatest artists of the 20th century. Drawing on exclusive access to his personal papers and over 100 interviews with artists, patrons and dealers, the author tells the story of a life in art.

This text gives an account of the mystery surrounding the Mark Rothko legacy involving his three trusted friends who relinquished 800 of his paintings to the powerful Marlborough Galleries for a fraction of their real worth. The scandal of missing paintings and laundered money rocked the art world.

This biography of Jackson Pollock, by a friend of his, reveals him to be a man tormented by the relationship with his family. It details an artist who went through years of poverty to achieve his controversial painting technique, Action Painting or Abstract Expressionism.

This volume reproduces more than 100 of Mark Rothko's paintings, prints and drawings, including many of his rectangle paintings. It features commentary on various formal aspects of Rothko's work, interviews with contemporary artists, and a chronology of his life.

The art of Richard Diebenkorn is identified with California, but is valued throughout the US. This catalogue is published to coincide with the first retrospective of his work since his death in 1993. The three essays provide insights into the artist's life and work.

The 3rd revised and enlarged edition of this introduction to modern art in the WORLD OF ART series, which now includes a new essay, POSTMODERNISM AND THE ART OF IDENTITY which brings the story of modern art right up to the present.

A definitive collection of critical essays from the world's leading authorities on Picasso and Cubism, published to accompany a major exhibition celebrating the centenary of Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

This book captures the diversity of American artistic production during the interwar period in Paris. It includes over 200 colour reproductions of artwork by both American artists and those European artists with whom they came in contact.

Abstract expressionism refers to the non-representational use of form and color as a means of expression that emerged in America in the 1940s, largely thanks to the innovative work of Arshile Gorky. Interestingly, abstract expressionism is considered to be the first movement originating in America to have a worldwide influence. Two very different sub-categories of the movement developed: action

The work of acclaimed artist Louise Bourgeois.

This work chronicles the life and work of Lee Krasner, one of the most inventive Abstract Expressionist painters. She occupies a special place in Abstract Expressionism as a major female painter in a group of artists known for their macho individuality.

Nat Tate is today a virtually forgotten artist, eclipsed by his more illustrious contemporaries of the New York School. Prize-winning novelist, William Boyd has written a moving account of his short and tragically ended life, which provides insight into the lives of those associated with the 1950s New York art scene. Huge publicity - especially as the whole book has since been revealed as a hoax .

This revised edition of Pollock and After features ten new articles and is fully updated to take account of new critical approaches to post-war American art.

Dutch-born American painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was a leader of the abstract expressionist movement. Inspired by Arshile Gorky to abandon the realist style that had dominated his work in the 1930s, he began experimenting with abstraction in the 1940s and quickly gained critical success.

Tells the story of Surrealism's change upon reaching America, from a fiercely leftist, strongly literary, avant-garde movement, into an apolitical, almost exclusively visual style. This book also shows how Surrealism was commercially exploited by mainstream American culture.

A rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in US culture and society, as well as America's position within the international art world. All key movements are discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism.

A collection of articles, reviews and essays that chronicle the history of the Abstract Expressionism movement.