The Figurative Artists Handbook and The Art Of Robert Zeller

The Figurative Artists Handbook
and The Art Of Robert Zeller

An Authoritative, Comprehensive Guide for Contemporary Figurative Artists

At a time when renewed interest in figurative art is surging throughout the art world, author Robert Zeller and the Monacelli Press present The Figurative Artist's Handbook, the first comprehensive guide to figure drawing, painting and composition to appear in decades.

Over 300 pages illustrated with Zeller's own exquisite drawings and paintings as well as works by nearly 100 historical and contemporary figurative art masters, the book includes some of the finest figurative art of the past and the present day. Some of those included are Michelangelo, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Gustav Klimt, Edward Hopper, Andrew Loomis, Andrew Wyeth, Lucian Freud, Odd Nerdrum, Eric Fischl, Bo Bartlett, Steven Assael, John Currin, and many others.

Now available at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Getty, Mass MOCA and in other major museums throughout the US and internationally, in addition to Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and The Strand (NYC).

The Reviews Are Fantastic

"The book has encyclopedic breadth and analytic depth, and is beautifully illustrated with drawings and paintings, all presenting the body in one or another of many possible positions and situations, all suggesting that we need the mirror of art to insightfully attune to our own bodies."

Donald Kuspit – Art Critic and Distinguished Professor Emeritus of
Art History and Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook

"The Figurative Artist’s Handbook... is a very beautiful book to look through, so it may be challenging for those who use it as a handbook to let it get dirty and dog-eared, just like the previous generation did with their [Andrew] Loomis books. But used as intended — both for reference and for inspiration — it will achieve its purpose. As its gorgeous plates tell us, there is a rising group of figurative artists who know the importance of learning “the rules” before they break them, which is precisely the opportunity this book intends to offer its most ambitious readers."

John Seed, Hyperallergic

The Figurative Artist's Handbook is, at core, a how-to book on figure drawing, aimed at both students and experienced artists. It provides step-by-step instruction and—rare among figure-drawing books—features sections on composition, portraiture, and painting.

Chapters on creativity and on using a sketchbook help readers hone their artistic vision and evolve ideas
from the initial inspiration to the fully developed work.

The Figurative Artist's Handbook has helped to meet an obvious need for an art world that was ready for it's message.

If you are a figurative artist, or have an artistic loved one in your life, pick up a copy today.

You can purchase it on Amazon by clicking here.

You can purchase a signed copy from me directly, from my website, by clicking here.