Johan Maelwael (1365/70-1415), internationally known as Jean Malouel, was one of the most important West European artists of the late Middle Ages. He grew up in Nijmegen as a scion of a family of successful heraldic painters and later became the court painter of the Dukes of Burgundy. This great innovator in painting created his multifaceted oeuvre nearly a century before Hieronymus Bosch. His painting is characterized by elegantly sophisticated figures, a high degree of realism and a bright ...

Matthijs Maris initially acquired fame as a painter in the style of the The Hague School, just like his famous brothers Jacob and Willem. However, over the years he abandoned this realistic palette for more introverted and symbolic themes and started portraying dreamy children, young people on the verge of adulthood, fairytale figures and mythical landscapes using an increasingly smudged painting technique. Even in his own time, Maris was admired at home and abroad by collectors and artists i...

The Surrealists made abundant use of photography, and some even devoted themselves to it entirely. But Magritte never considered himself a 'photographer' - he reserved this practice for special moments and specific uses: family photos, models for paintings and advertising work, photos of paintings in progress, and scenes improvised with friends. Nevertheless, Magritte's photographs and films are closely related to his paintings and demonstrate a similar methos in their grasp on reality.

Deze prachtige uitgave 'James Aldridge, As above so below', hardcover, 104 pagina's en op groot formaat, gaat in op de serie van 8 indrukwekkende schilderijen. Door de riante hoeveelheid detailfoto's krijgt de lezer een innige weergave van de imposante, originele kunstwerken. De teksten zijn van Mathias Ussing Seeberg, curator van het Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denemarken. De vormgeving en uitgave zijn in vertrouwde handen van Galerie Christian Ouwens.

De schilderstijl van de kunstenaa...