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Félix Vallotton (1865-1925) was active at the turn of the century. Although he is best known for his striking and elegantly composed Japanese-inspired woodblock prints, Vallotton was also a skilled painter, creating works that arrestingly combined technical perfection with emotional realism. This (...)

The classic monograph on a much-loved artist?reissued in a spectacular oversize format Fascinating and lucid . . . a stunningly illustrated and illuminating life of a singular painter. ?Sue Roe, Wall Street JournalIn the early work of John Singer Sargent (1856 1925), Henry James saw the slightly (...)

El lector tiene entre sus manos la primera biografía dedicada a un arqueólogo atípico, extravagante y aventurero, un dandi de nacionalidad norteamericana, pero de corazón parisino y africano . Byron Khun de Prorok (1896-1954) ejerció su profesión de manera amateur durante los años dorados de la (...)