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Painting, 'Road with Cypress and Star', by Vincent Van Gogh, on cover of 'The Last Painting Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly', by ACC Art Books.
Painting, 'Road with Cypress and Star', by Vincent Van Gogh, on cover of 'The Last Painting Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly', by ACC Art Books.
Painting, 'Road with Cypress and Star', by Vincent Van Gogh, on cover of 'The Last Painting Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly', by ACC Art Books.
Painting, 'Road with Cypress and Star', by Vincent Van Gogh, on cover of 'The Last Painting Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly', by ACC Art Books.
Painting, 'Road with Cypress and Star', by Vincent Van Gogh, on cover of 'The Last Painting Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly', by ACC Art Books.
Painting, 'Road with Cypress and Star', by Vincent Van Gogh, on cover of 'The Last Painting Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly', by ACC Art Books.

The Last Painting

Final Works of the Great Masters: from Giotto to Twombly

By (author) Bernard Chambaz

$50.00

  • A collection of 100 final paintings from 100 deceased artists, with accompanying biographies and thought-provoking text
  • Features a diverse range of artists, from Bosch, Rubens, and Fragonard, to Hopper, Mondrian, and Kahlo
  • Generates a fascinating discussion about the relationship between art and death
Full Description
There are no rules, and even less justice. Death takes everyone without discrimination. Sometimes it is accidental – like Signorelli, who fell from scaffolding. Sometimes it is expected, as with the diabetic Cezanne, who wrote “I am old, sick, and I swore to die while painting”. But often, researching a painter’s death is an easier task than determining which of their works is truly their ‘last’. Paintings tend to be dated by year and not month, inciting much debate among art historians. This book embraces this ambiguity, studying 100 examples of works that lay completed for several years, or were left unfinished on the easel, or were finished post-mortem by a friend’s grieving hand. The Last Painting collects 100 terminal paintings from 100 artists, including Dalí, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Goya, Pollock, Rembrandt, Dix, Bonnard, Titien, and many more. Each picture gives us a glimpse into the painter’s mind. Did they know death was coming? Did they paint with denial, or acceptance? Did they return to a favorite subject, or decide to embark on a new, original project while they still had time? A poetic and thought-provoking book, The Last Painting is a sensitive exploration of the relationship between art and death.
About the Author
Born in 1949, Bernard Chambaz is a historian, poet, novelist and essayist. He is the winner of Goncourt's First Novel Award (1993), Apollinaire Awards (2005), Louis- Guilloux (2008) and Roland-de-Jouvenel of the French Academy (2014). He has written about fifty books, including Ghetto, Dernières Nouvelles du martin-pêcheur, À tombeau ouvert and 17.
Specifications
Publisher
ACC Art Books
ISBN
9781851499120
Published
7th Sep 2018
Binding
Hardback
Territory
USA & Canada
Size
9.45 in x 11.22 in
Pages
240 Pages
Illustrations
110 color
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