The Lost Art of Heinrich Kley, Volume 1: Drawings Paperback – 25 Aug. 2012

I have loved the works of Heinrich Kley for years, so I was looking forward to this volume of his drawings. The works are fascinating, as expected. However, there are a couple of minor annoyances with this cheep edition. The paper of the book is slightly thinner than the old 60's Dover edition, so drawings can be seen on the other side. Some of the drawings are reduced a bit too much to appreciate them fully, and the originals were scanned at a very high contrast, so some of the fine line work is lost in the process. These few matters notwithstanding, it's a good reference guide for much of Kley's drawing opus, and it will reward your patience with the sheer quality of the artist's work. I gave it five stars simply because there isn't much on Heinrich Kley out there that one can choose from, but he is very much due a decent hardback monograph.

Heinrich Kley is one of the 20th century's great graphic artists. Were there any justice he would have a place of honor next to the other heavy-hitters of German Expressionism, Kirchner, Beckmann, Dix and the rest. Kley was Sidelined by his reclusive nature and by the near fatal designation of "illustrator" and he became, perhaps, the most underrated artist of the last 100 years. But Kley's graphic art, whereby every mark carries the force of life and the genius of imagination, was too vital to be buried forever.It's now seeing a long overdue revival.This book digs into the archives, Kley's now obscure book illustrations and incidental works. It's a bit uneven at times but the collection emerges with many large and brilliant nuggets, unseen for a century and well worth the excavation. JDA

Quizás me haya gustado más que el de color,increíbles ilustraciones,además de ser el doble de páginas que el otro es ligeramente más barato.en mi opinión,no puedes tener uno sin el otro.

Schnell geliefert schöne Illustationen

Bellissimo libro ad un buon prezzo.Penso che in futuro comprerò anche gli altri 2 della serie.

Enfin des bouquins - il y a deux tomes - riches et dans un format correct sur l'oeuvre de Kley. Dommage que le papier ne soit pas plus épais et qu'il n'y en ait pas encore plus !