Ten women: Doña Maria Picasso y Lopez (Picasso's mother), Maria Dolores Ruiz Picasso (his sister), Gertrude Stein, Fernande Olivier, Eva Gouel (Marcelle Humbert), Olga Khokhlova, Marie-Thé... read more
Born in 1799, Atkins was the first person to illustrate a book with photographs. Her cyanotypes - of ferns, algae, parrot feathers, seaweed - are exquisite.
A lavishly illustrated work of scholarship, exploring maiolica's conversations with artifacts ranging from Islamic metalwork and Chinese porcelain to Venetian lace and glass.
Hausenstein was a politician, writer, journalist, art critic, historian, and diplomat - the first German ambassador to France following World War II. He was a friend of Klee and wrote this ... read more