Anthony Bosman (1917–1966)

This slim volume is about two-thirds full color plates bookended by a biographical essay reviewing the fantasy-like, dream-like, expressionist visions of the painter. The life story tells of a career and life between Russia and France during the turbulent, tragic World Wars periods; a sad sense that arises in many of his paintings. Unfortunately, the plates have no captions so you have to flip pages to see titles and years.

This is a small book of Bosch's paintings. It offers little in the ways of description and is mainly just a pretty-painting book. Unfortunately, every one of Boch's paintings can be the subject of numerous doctoral dissertations, making the book's relative silence agitating. I would prefer a book that goes into the detail of each painting, but for what it is, it is darling.

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