Mary Cassatt. Peintre impressionniste

La question centrale que soulève l'art de Jean-François Millet est de savoir comment et pourquoi il a fait des paysans et des travaux agricoles les thèmes de toute son oeuvre.

The career of Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) as a painter was short, but his paintings revolutionized artistic practice and styles. The intensity of his vision, his wonderful sense of colour and the extraordinary boldness of his technique create masterpieces that exercised a profound influence on the art of the twentieth century. They are also enormously popular, and paintings such as The Yellow Chair, The Drawbridge and The Sower are among the best-loved images of our time. Wilhelm Uhde was an outstanding art critic and dealer who was born during Van Gogh's lifetime and witnessed at first hand his rise to fame at the beginning of the twentieth century. His-masterly essay was first published in 1937 and remains one of the best introductions to Van Gogh's work. For this revised and expanded edition, the notes to the plates were added by Griselda Pollock, Professor of Social and Critical Histories of Art at the University of Leeds.

1917, quelque part entre la Géorgie et l'Alabama. Le vieux Jewett, veuf et récemment exproprié de sa ferme, mène une existence de misère avec ses fils Cane, Cob et Chimney, auxquels il promet le paradis en échange de leur labeur. A sa mort, inspirés par le héros d'un roman à quatre sous, les trois frères enfourchent leurs chevaux, décidés à troquer leur condition d'ouvriers agricoles contre celle de braqueurs de banque. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu... Après Le Diable, tout le temps, couronné par de nombreux prix, Donald Ray Pollock revient avec une odyssée sauvage à l'humour très noir.