Modern Prints & Drawings: A guide to a better understanding of modern draughtsmanship / Paul J. Sachs

Modern Prints & Drawings: A guide to a better understanding of modern draughtsmanship / Paul J. Sachs

Books

REF.AM.1987
Reference Collection
261 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
1954
Paul J. Sachs
Alfred A. Knopf Inc.
Graphic arts -- History -- 19th century -- Themes, motives., Graphic arts -- History -- 20th century -- Themes, motives., drawings, prints
Covers the creative history of prints and drawings from the time of David, Goya, Delacroix, Daumier, and Corot to that of the mid-twentieth century in Europe, the United States, and Mexico. Illustrated by over 200 reproductions to complement the text. Table of Contents: David and the great moderns of the past, Manet and the impressionists -- Cézanne and post-impressionism -- The school of Paris, Matisse, and the Fauves -- Cubism, surrealism, other movements -- Expressionism and abstract art in northern Europe -- Italy -- England -- Mexico -- United States -- Technical processes. Includes artist biographies and bibliography.