By Judith Collins, John Welchman, David Chandler, David A Anfam

The indispensable guide to the achievements of the key figures in modern art, their paintings and techniques.

Most of the full colour photographs, over 200 in all, were specially commissioned for this book. They include actual size details from the featured paintings, giving readers a unique close-up of the creative process.

One painting by each of these key artists is examined in detail: Cezanne, Derain, Rousseau, Braque, Picasso, Kandinsky, Severin, Duchamp, Miro, Mondrian, Wadsworth, Bonnard, Klee, Ernst, Dali, Bacon, Dubuffet, Pollock, Matisse, Giacometti, Johns, Blake, Louis, Rauschenberg, Warhol, Stella, Lichtenstein, Hockney, LeWitt, Freud

Large hardback, 1987, 192pps