"In addition to retracing the life and works of a great painter, this study introduces the reader to abstract art. Even while commenting on the major work that in 1910 or thereabouts provided nonobjective art with authoritative credentials, it introduces the person reluctant to accept the concept of nondescriptive art to those problematical questions concerning abstract forms that the author of Concerning the Spiritual in Art first posed directly in his writings and resolved through his paintings." -- from interior flap. Text by Michel Conil Lacoste. With 52 color reproductions and 20 black-and-white reproductions.