Product Description

The high-quality reproductions in this volume are complemented by biographical photographs and explanatory essays.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #204581 in Books
• Published on: 2008-10-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Review
An extensive and Comprehensive workout on the famous Russian artist s colourful abstract art and life. --Timeout, 4th December 2008

A glorious sweep through the artist s life and work, with revealing essays tucked in alongside huge, well-reproduced paintings --The Observer: Review, 7th December 2008

A giant, lavish, boxed extravaganza offering the most complete overview yet of the pioneering Russian painter...top quality illustrations. --The Financial Times, 29th November 2008

"arguably the most complete overview of Kandinsky's works.....the book itself is a monster, weighing nearly 6kg"
The Guardian, 1st November, 2008

"The book, which has also unearthed numerous unpublished photographs of Kandinsky at work....casts a new light on the man" ----

"This beautifully-produced massive collection of Kandinsky's scholarship is one of the most weighty ever published" --The Independent, 9th January 2009

"arguably the most complete overview of Kandinsky's works.....the book itself is a monster, weighing nearly 6kg"
The Guardian, 1st November, 2008

"The book, which has also unearthed numerous unpublished photographs of Kandinsky at work....casts a new light on the man" --The Guardian, 1st November, 2008

"this sumptuous volume would grace the bookshelves of any serious lover of art" --The Art Newspaper, February 2009

arguably the most complete overview of Kandinsky's works...the book itself is a monster, weighing nearly 6kg. The book, which has also unearthed numerous unpublished photographs of Kandinsky at work...casts a new light on the man --The Guardian, 1st November, 2008

Prestel editions are as weighty in learning as they are in kilos. This one is edited by a pair of the world's foremost Kandinsky scholars, Helmut Friedel and Annegret Hoberg, and its unpublished archive material alone makes it a must-have for anyone with a yen for the father of abstraction. --The Independent on Sunday, November 2008

Review
"arguably the most complete overview of Kandinsky's works.....the book itself is a monster, weighing nearly 6kg"
The Guardian, 1st November, 2008

"The book, which has also unearthed numerous unpublished photographs of Kandinsky at work....casts a new light on the man"

Review
Prestel editions are as weighty in learning as they are in kilos.