Needless to say in our fast paced world we have become accustomed to looking at images and videos on phones and tablets, often coming through quickly on a social media feed…it can all become a blur. A book can slow it all down.

Whether you are looking for inspiration, a little art history or some technical advice there is no shortage of art books. Thank goodness for the second hand book market, the quest of finding a copy of a highly coveted book no longer in print can be thrilling too. There are lots of books out there, old and new, some have endured decades while others are new with up to date information about materials, inviting new ideas. So what better source of book recommendations than from fellow artists…

Want to add your book suggestions, email them to wsaartists@gmail.com

Robert Savage:

A Studio of Her Own, Women Artists in Boston 1870-1940 Erica Hirshler

Edward Hopper: An Intimate Biography, By Gail Levin

Yale Nicholls:

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Splash” books, edited by Rachel Wolf, North Light Books….. there are over 20 of them!  Best modern watercolors in the world!

Also——“Weatherbeaten-Winslow Homer in Maine”, Yale University Press, Thomas A. Denenberg, editor.

Donna Ticchi:

Art as Therapy (2013) Alain de Botton and John Armstrong

The Art of Rivalry:  Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art (2017),  Sebastian Smee

Strapless:  John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X (2004) , Deborah Davis

Jess Caruso:

The Art Spirit, Robert Henri

Nancy Treves

Color and Light- A Guide for the Realist Painter, James Gurney 

Kathe Kollwitz – A Survey of Her Works 1867-1945

Art and Fear – David Bayles and Ted Orland

Art of the Still Life – Todd Casey

 

 

 

 

 

Favorite Art Books