Search -
Kitaj in the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters (National Gallery Co Ltd)
Kitaj in the Aura of Cezanne and Other Masters - National Gallery Co Ltd Author:Anthony Rudolf, Colin Wiggins Kitaj's enigmatic and highly personal paintings engage with contemporary culture, his Jewish identity, and the horror of the Holocaust. His hero is C�zanne: "He is my greatest painter of all and the three last Bathers are my favorite art of all." Kitaj recently embarked on a series of seven major new paintings inspired by C�zanne's Bathers for ... more »an exhibition at the National Gallery, London. These new works are reproduced here for the first time, together with a series of black chalk drawings, directly inspired by C�zanne. The book includes a short essay about Kitaj's work, which places the new paintings in the context of his earlier works and reveals his constant preoccupation with the Old Masters. There is also a new and previously unpublished interview with the artist.« less