For a contemporary artist of serious aesthetic purpose, David Hockney enjoys immense, perhaps unequalled public visibility: the shock of dyed blond hair, the owlish glasses, and the shy, schoolboy grin are known as much through the popular press as through the journals of the art world.  Meer

With informative, enjoyable texts and over 100 illustrations — approximately 48 in full colour this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era.  Meer

Lee Krasner never took the easy way out - not in life, not in art. Brought up in a poor Brooklyn neighbourhood and originally named Lena Krasner by her immigrant parents, she decided early on to create a new name and a new identity for herself.  Meer

With their searing colours and compelling images, the paintings of Francis Bacon are among the most powerful, and the most poignant, to be made in the twentieth century.  Meer