Artistic Places By: Susie Hodge

Author: Amy Grimes

Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet’s lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker’s pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment.

Artistic Places is a stunningly illustrated, visionary guide for seekers of beauty, rare tales and cultural riches. Find yourself instantly transported to the places where great artists have sought refuge, found their inspiration and changed the course of art history forever.

Susie Hodge, bestselling author and art historian, presents 25 famous and forgotten artistic destinations around the world, and connects these to the masterpieces that celebrate them. None of these unique locations are merely backdrops to the insightful stories told, but are characters in their own right. So take a leaf out of your favourite artist’s sketchbook and delve into this book to discover the places they loved best.

Artists and locations include:

J.A.M Whistler in London, England

John Constable in Suffolk, England

Barbara Hepworth in St Ives, England

Paula Rego in Cascais and Estoril, Portugal

Pablo Picasso and Guernica, Spain

Salvador Dalí in Catalonia, Spain

Claude Monet in Giverny, France

Vincent van Gogh in Arles, France

Rene Magritte in Brussels, Belgium

Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland

Michelangelo in Florence, Italy

Canaletto in Venice, Italy

Johannes Vermeer in Delft, Netherlands

Anni Albers in Dessau, Germany

Caspar David Friedrich in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Germany

Gustav Klimt and Lake Attersee, Austria

Edvard Munch in Oslo, Norway

Hilma af Klint and Lake Mälaren, Sweden

Henri Matisse in Tangier, Morocco

Hokusai on Mount Fuji, Japan

Paul Gauguin in Papeete and Papeari, Tahiti

Jean-Michel Basquiat in New York, USA

Grant Wood in Iowa, USA

Georgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico, USA

Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico
Each book in the Inspired Traveller’s Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.

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