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Books for Painters
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The Shape of Content (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures)The Shape of Content (The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures) by Ben Shahn
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $1.55
Required reading for any artist
IngresIngres by Georges Vigne
Buy used from: $746.59
Beautiful book on Ingre - Master portrait painter
BalthusBalthus by Claude Roy
Buy used from: $36.75
contains images of paintings that most Balthus books do not have
National Gallery of Art: WashingtonNational Gallery of Art: Washington by John Walker
Buy used from: $10.85
I use this book as a reference all the time
Paul Klee Notebooks: The Thinking Eye / The Nature of Nature/ Volumes I & II (Boxed Set)Paul Klee Notebooks: The Thinking Eye / The Nature of Nature/ Volumes I & II (Boxed Set) by Paul Klee
So much great information it's overwhelming
Giorgio Morandi (Twentieth-Century Masters Series)Giorgio Morandi (Twentieth-Century Masters Series) by Karen Wilkin
Buy used from: $39.95
Before this book came out, Morandi books were very hard to find.
Basic Perspective for Artists: "A Guide to the Creative Use of Perspective in Drawing, Painting and Design"Basic Perspective for Artists: "A Guide to the Creative Use of Perspective in Drawing, Painting and Design" by Keith R. West
Buy used from: $11.65
this stupid little book changed the way I paint
Paolo UccelloPaolo Uccello by Franco Borsi
Buy used from: $94.98
Beautiful book on a master of narrative images
BonnardBonnard by Sara Whitfield
Buy used from: $25.95
A book can't come close to the real thing, but Bonnard is essential to have for any artist working with color
The Fun Of It: Random records of my own flying and of women in aviation. (American Biography Series)The Fun Of It: Random records of my own flying and of women in aviation. (American Biography Series) by Amelia Earhart
Buy new: $69.00
She wasn't a painter, but this is a great book about passion for what you do