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For any proper understanding of twentieth-century art, Max Ernst is essential. No one picture or series of book pictures of this, the greatest magician of all the Surrealists, can be taken in isolation as fully representative of the multiplicity of ideas he explored. But in more than 400 illustrations in this book, combined with historical and critical commentaries by Uwe Schneede, we can unravel the distinctive marks of his long and complex evolution: great innovations in technique - in 1919 collage and rubbing, in 1925 frottage and grattage, in 1940 decalcomania, in 1942 drip painting; thematic inventiveness, especially in the years 1925-40; introspective interludes, seen in such works as Design for a Manifesto (1920) and Paintings for Young People (1940); and astonishing climactic points, single masterpieces central to the history of twentieth-century art, such as The Elephant of the Celebes, Oedipus Rex and The Robing of the Bride. His work evokes, with uncanny accuracy, the hideous premonitions of the 1930s, the inexorable power of sexuality, and the secret life (reflected in the human mind) of inanimate nature. Max Ernst has never been at rest, never quite predictable, even in the later, sunnier days of his long life. In his own words, 'the fact that he has succeeded in not finding himself is regarded by Max Ernst as his only "achievement"'. The works of art that have resulted from this strange non-quest are the subject of this absorbing survey.
Ernst, Max, --- Schilderkunst ; Surrealisme --- Beeldende kunst ; 20ste eeuw ; Surrealisme --- Ernst, Max --- 75.07 --- Schilderkunst ; schilders A-Z
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Tuymans, Luc --- Exposition --- Peinture --- 75.07 --- Tuymans, Luc °1958 (°Mortsel, België) --- Belgische kunstenaars --- Schilderkunst ; schilders A-Z --- Exhibitions
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Ducimetière, Gérald --- Gérald Ducimetière °1940 (Genève) --- Schilderkunst ; vanaf 1970 ; Gérald Ducimetière --- 75.07 --- (069) --- Schilderkunst ; schilders --- (Musea. Collecties)
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Tuymans, Luc --- 75.07 --- Tuymans, Luc °1958 (°Mortsel, België) --- Belgische kunstenaars --- Schilderkunst ; schilders A-Z --- Tuymans, Luc, --- Exhibitions
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This book gives an overview of the recent works of Hyun-Sook Song (b. 1952, South Korea, lives and works in Hamburg). In her work she gives voice to the nostalgic memories of her beloved motherland; she developed both a very distinctive style and a technique which blends elements from the West and the East. Song sees painting as a performative happening in which the movement of the brush is the essence of her work as well as the ultimate proof of her inner feelings.
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Schilderen was voor de Gentse kunstenaar Jos Trotteyn (1910-2002) zijn manier om uitdrukking te geven aan een onuitputtelijke stroom van uiterst gevarieerde ideeën. Het kenmerkende palet van deze verborgen parel bevat een veelheid aan subtiele tinten, van Indisch geel en oker over karmijnrood en cyaanblauw tot sienna. Dit verfijnde gebruik van kleurenschakeringen staat in het teken van uiteenlopende thema's--van sobere natuurimpressies tot hallucinante droombeelden--zodat het onmogelijk is om Jos Trotteyn in één woord te beschrijven. Door middel van een ruime selectie geeft de samensteller van dit boek een representatief overzicht van het indrukwekkende oeuvre dat deze schilder heeft nagelaten. Eigentijdse getuigenissen en uitvoerige citaten plaatsen de schilderijen van Jos Trotteyn in hun context en bieden inzicht in de originaliteit van deze kunstenaar. De subtiele beeldtaal die hij ontwikkelde is zowel schatplichtig aan de Vlaamse Primitieven als aan het surrealisme. Het was er deze schilder niet om te doen één enkel genre te bestrijken en daarmee naam te maken. Jos Trotteyn creëerde daarentegen een eigenzinnige wereld waarin realiteit en verbeelding elkaar voortdurend raken en aanvullen.
Trotteyn, Jos, --- Painting [Modern ] --- Trotteyn, Jos --- 75.07 --- Schilderkunst ; schilders A-Z --- Painting --- paintings [visual works] --- painting [image-making]
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