Richard Verdi

An updated edition of this classic survey, a thorough overview of Paul Cézanne's life and work. For Picasso, he was 'like our father'; for Matisse, 'a god of painting'. Paul Cézanne (1839-1906) is widely regarded as the father of modern art. In this authoritative and accessible study, Richard Verdi traces the evolution of Cézanne's landscape, still-life, and figure compositions, from...

A comprehensive introduction to Velázquez's life and art which includes a discussion of all his major works. Diego Velázquez (1599-1660) was one of the towering figures of western painting and Baroque art, a technical master renowned for his focus on realism and startling veracity. Everything he painted was 'treated' as a portrait, from Spanish royalty and Pope Innocent X, to...

Universally regarded as the father of French painting, Nicolas Poussin is arguably the greatest of all painters of that school. Yet Poussin's reputation has been founded more on the intellectual and philosophical qualities of his art than its sheer visual beauty. Richard Verdi redresses the balance, describing and analysing Poussin's outstanding gifts as a pictorial storyteller, designer, and colourist—in short,...