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Discover the fascinating connections between the world's greatest artists. I Know an Artist introduces some of the most inspirational stories of friendship, love, creativity and shared passions in the world of art. Each of the 84 illustrated profiles reveal the fascinating links between some of the best known artists. Whether through teaching, as in the case of Paul Klee and Anni Albers; a mutual muse, as seen in the flowers of Georgia O'Keeffe and Takashi Murakami; or an inspirational romantic coupling like that of Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock.In telling the tales of these creatives lives and achievements - each extraordinary and oftentimes ground-breaking - Susie Hodge exposes the fascinating web of connections that have fostered some of the world's art masterpieces. Some are well-known, whereas others span both time and place, linking pioneers in art in fascinating and unexpected ways.Illustrated in colourful tribute to each artists' unique style, I Know An Artist is an illuminating and celebratory account of some of the art world's most compelling visionaries. A perfect introduction for students, and a source of new and surprising stories for art lovers.
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Claude MonetAnya GallaccioJohn Singer SargentEdouard ManetEdgar DegasMary CassattLucy BaconPaula Modersohn-BeckerKathe Kollwitz Tamara De Lempicka Varvara Stepanova Francis BaconGeorge Grosz Hannah Hoech Piet Mondrian Bridget RileyBen Nicholson Barbara Hepworth Pablo Picasso Amedeo Modigliani Diego Rivera Frida Kahlo Georgia O'Keeffe Takashi MurakamiYayoi KusamaMarina AbramovicCornelia ParkerAuguste RodinCamille ClaudelConstantin BrancusiFernand LegerSonia Delaunay-TerkPaul KleeAnni Albers Julie MehretuWassily KandinskyHilma Af Klint Agnes MartinMargaret MacdonaldSophie Taeuber-ArpMarcel Duchamp Alexander CalderJoan MiroLouise BourgeoisTracey EminMax ErnstAlberto GiacomettiPaul CezanneLois Mailou-JonesAmrita Sher-GilPaul GauguinVincent Van GoghHenri De Toulouse-LautrecSuzanne ValadonMaurice UtrilloHenri MatissePierre Bonnard Gustav Klimt Egon SchieleEdvard MunchJasper JohnsAndy WarholJean-Michel BasquiatJenny HolzerAlice NeelLee KrasnerJackson PollockHans HofmannHelen FrankenthalerRobert MotherwellYves TanguyLeonora CarringtonFranz MarcAleksandra EksterKazimir MalevichMikhail LarionovNatalia GoncharovaJudy ChicagoMeret OppenheimMarlene DumasKara WalkerPaula RegoMona HatoumEva Hesse
