Books that provide a pathway to a magical world inhabited by art and artists

New books about art can add understanding to one’s enjoyment, and make a great gift, writes Des O’Sullivan.

Books about art can open up a pathway to a magical world. There is always plenty to choose from whether as a gift or as a little treat for oneself. Those who love art know that enjoyment is enriched by understanding. The more you put in the more you will get out.

Cezanne is a seminal figure for a great many artists and much has been written about him. Paul Cezanne, Drawings and Watercolours, by Christopher Lloyd, is a newly published work on the never-ending quest of depicting reality by an artist who made no real distinction between painting and drawing. Furthermore, Cezanne was described by Matisse and Picasso as “the father of us all.”