The last painting : final works of the great masters from Giotto to Twombly / Bernard Chambaz ; translated by David Watson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chambaz, Bernard, author.

Standardized Title:

Dernier tableau. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Painters--Death--History.

Painters.

Painters--Biography.

Painting--History.

Painting.

History.

Unfinished works of art.

Painting--Appreciation.

Symbolism in art.

Painting, European.

Death.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

238 pages : colour illustrations ; 30 cm

Place of Publication:

Woodbridge, Suffolk : ACC Art Books Ltd, [2018]

Language Note:

Translated from the French.

Summary:

There are no rules, and even less justice. Death takes everyone without discrimination. Sometimes it is accidental - like Signorelli, who fell from scaffolding. Sometimes it is expected, as with the diabetic Cezanne, who wrote "I am old, sick, and I swore to die while painting". But often, researching a painter's death is an easier task than determining which of their works is truly their 'last'. Paintings tend to be dated by year and not month, inciting much debate among art historians. This book embraces this ambiguity, studying 100 examples of works that lay completed for several years, or were left unfinished on the easel, or were finished post-mortem by a friend's grieving hand. 'The Last Painting' collects 100 terminal paintings from 100 artists, including Dali, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Goya, Pollock, Rembrandt, Dix, Bonnard, Titien, and many more. Each picture gives us a glimpse into the painter's mind. Did they know death was coming? Did they paint with denial, or acceptance? Did they return to a favourite subject, or decide to embark on a new, original project while they still had time? A poetic and thought-provoking book, 'The Last Painting' is a sensitive exploration of the relationship between art and death.

Notes:

First published in French by Editions du Sueill, Paris, under the title: Le dernier tableau.

ISBN:

9781851499120

1851499121

OCLC:

1048299656