Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)

The Japanese artist Kawanabe Kyosai (1831-1889), a student of Utagawa Kuniyoshi, has been described as Japan's first political cartoonist; indeed, the sharp satirical edge to his paintings often placed him on the wrong side of the law. The politically turbulent times in which Kyosai lived are reflected in his riotous images, in which skeletons, demons and ghosts rub shoulders with classically rendered ukiyo-e courtesans. Among his most charming and...

Anthony Eyton (b. 1923) is a distinguished figurative painter. His subject matter ranges from his back garden to scenes he has experienced on his many travels across four continents. This book traces his career from the World War II years to his association with the Camberwell School of Arts in England to author Jenny Pery's appraisal of his standing in post-war British art. Drawing on Eyton's personal diaries, Pery provides a fresh contemporary view...

For generations, Black artists from the American South have forged a unique art tradition. Working in near isolation from established practices, they have created masterpieces in clay, driftwood, roots, soil, recycled and cast-off objects that articulate America?s painful past ? the inhuman practice of enslavement, the cruel segregationist policies of the Jim Crow era, and institutionalised racism. Their works date from the early 20th century to today...