A painter of vast pieces in his early days -in the main works intended for salons and national exhibitions- Joaquín Sorolla (Valencia, 1863-1923) very soon developed a style of painting outdoors of his own which, though not connected stylistically with the Barbizon School, nevertheless pursued the same postulates, as a result of which he came to be known as a Spanish Impressionist painter.

The publication of Dalí in 1975 was without doubt a landmark in the extensive bibliography on Salvador Dalí. There were two factors that aided Luis Romero in his endeavour: firstly, the active support of the artist himself, who helped in selecting the materials and who produced the series of calligraphic texts that preceded each of the sections in the book; and secondly, his decades of long talks and conversations with Dalí.

A selection of works lavishly illustrated with a short selection of recommended further reading is also included.

A selection of works lavishly illustrated with a short selection of recommended further reading is also included.

The painting of Rufino Tamayo has acquired decisive importance in contemporary art in terms both of its high quality, maintained throughhout a long, intense life, and its special sifnificance. He was very clearly one of the greatest of American creators and, at the same time, one of the artist who managed to penetrate deepest into the reality of today s Man, going beyond his historical dimension.

A key figure in 20th-century art, Joan Miró has left us a definitive oeuvre which continues to reach an increasingly wide public. This book is a partial recompilation of the analyses contained in the author’s first far-reaching study on Joan Miró, which appeared in 1961, now considerably reworked and enriched.

Francis Bacon's works has a strength and vitality that has led to his position as one of the greatest twentieth century artist. The violent intensity with which his paintings give expression to the existential angst of his felow human beings is virtually without parallel in the history of the art. Bacon s work (1909-1992) undoubtedly includes some of the most extraordinary and powerful paintings in modern art, reflecting the isolation and terror of the human condition, conveyed by the distortion of features and the nude body.