Lucian Freud, perhaps the worlds leading portrait painter, spent seven months painting a portrait of the author, an art critic. This book describes the process chronologically, from the day the author arrived for the first sitting through to his meeting with the couple who bought the finished painting.

Published in association with Piano Nobile, a London art gallery, this title features multidisciplinary explorations of twentieth- and twenty-first-century artworks. Each folio explores a single work, attempting to replicate the experience of seeing it with one's own eyes. It also includes "Sunflowers" 1958/9, a painting by Peter Coker.

This beautiful and informative volume offers a new way of looking at the sights and social history of Australia in the first decade of the 20th century. Paintings which form the core of this book are by the famous Australian artist Percy Spence and are accompanied by illuminating text placing them in their original and contemporary contexts.

A first-hand account of a privileged upbringing and the introduction of anthroposophy into turn-of-the-century Russia, and the subsequent revolution.

In this gorgeously illustrated book, join Betty Churcher on a personal tour of her most beloved works, including masterpieces by Rembrandt, Goya, Manet, Velazquez, Courbet, Vermeer and Cezanne. A trained artist, Betty's sketches reveal the secrets within the artworks and the processes of their creation.