Patrick Elliott Knihy

Drawing on the early Soviet atheist magazines Godless and Godless atthe Machine, and postwar posters by Communist Party publishers, the authorpresents an unsettling tour of atheist ideology in the USSR.

The story of Rembrandt's fame and influence in Britain, exploring his works in British collections and his influence on British artists from the 17th century to today.

A fresh look at Eardley's astonishing, earthy and sensuous depictions of both children and the fishing village of Catterline, many never before published. This book will accompany the exhibition Joan Eardley: Fifteen Years which will be held at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art from December 3, 2016 to May 14, 2017.Joan Eardley's career lasted barely fifteen years: she died in 1963, aged just forty-two. During that time she concentrated on two very different themes: the extraordinarily candid paintings of children in the Townhead area of Glasgow and paintings of the fishing village of Catterline, just south of Aberdeen, with its leaden skies and wild sea. These two contrasting strands are the focus of this book, which looks in detail at her working process. It draws on a remarkable archive of sketches and photographs which remains largely unknown and unpublished. It also features many works from public and private collections, allowing the viewer to trace specific developments between the photographs, the drawings and the finished paintings.

Als der junge Maler Rembrandt van Rijn (1606?1669) im Jahr 1631 von Leiden in die florierende Kunst- und Kulturmetropole Amsterdam zog, gelang ihm zügig der Durchbruch. Mit seiner erstaunlich breiten Bildproduktion von Historienbildern, Porträts, Landschaften, Genreszenen und Stillleben erlangte er internationalen Ruhm und fand seinen unverwechselbaren dramatisch erzählenden Stil.In Amsterdam wetteiferte um die Mitte des 17. Jahrhunderts eine Vielzahl talentierter Künstler um die Gunst des potenten und kunstliebenden Bürgertums. Die anregende Atmosphäre machte im Dialog mit den Meisterwerken der Zeitgenossen aus einem jungen Maler den weltberühmten Meister: Rembrandt. In wenigen Jahren war er berühmt, bildete selbst aus und betrieb erfolgreich den Handel seiner Gemälde und Druckgrafiken. Der Band zeigt zudem prachtvoll Rembrandts radikalen Wandel von kleinen, präzis gemalten Bildern der Leidener Frühzeit zu großen mit Licht und Schatten spielenden Leinwandbildern der Amsterdamer Zeit auf. Exhibition: Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany (06.10.2021 - 30.01.2022)