• 收集了100位已故画家的100幅遗作，附有传记和发人深省的文字

• 包含各种各样的画家，从Bosch, Rubens和 Fragonard, 到 Hopper, Mondrian和 Kahlo

• 发起了一场非常有趣的关于艺术与死亡关系的讨论

没有规则，甚至没有公正可言。在死亡面前，人人平等。有时候死亡是意外发生的——就像Signorelli从脚手架上摔下来。有时候死亡是意料之中的，就像患有糖尿病的塞尚，他写道，“我老了，也病了，我发誓要在画画的时候离世。”但通常情况下，研究画家的死亡比确定哪些作品是他们真正的“遗作”来得简单。绘画作品往往用年而不是月来表明日起，这一点引发了历史学家们的激烈讨论。本书包括了这种含混不清，研究了100个作品范例，有的完成好几年了，有的在画家上没有完成，有的是由悲痛的朋友事后完成的。

《最后一幅画》收集了100位画家——包括Dalí, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Goya, Pollock, Rembrandt, Dix, Bonnard, Titien等等——的100幅晚期画作。每张照片都让我们一睹画家们的思想。他们知道死亡即将到来吗？他们画的时候是带着对死亡的拒绝还是接纳？他们是否回到自己最喜欢的主题，还是决定趁他们还有时间，开始一个新的原创项目？《最后一幅画》是一本充满诗意和发人深省的书，是对艺术和死亡之间关系的敏感探索。

• A collection of 100 final paintings from 100 deceased artists, with accompanying biographies and thought-provoking text

• Features a diverse range of artists, from Bosch, Rubens, and Fragonard, to Hopper, Mondrian, and Kahlo

• Generates a fascinating discussion about the relationship between art and death

There are no rules, and even less justice. Death takes everyone without discrimination. Sometimes it is accidental - like Signorelli, who fell from scaffolding. Sometimes it is expected, as with the diabetic Cezanne, who wrote "I am old, sick, and I swore to die while painting". But often, researching a painter's death is an easier task than determining which of their works is truly their 'last'. Paintings tend to be dated by year and not month, inciting much debate among art historians. This book embraces this ambiguity, studying 100 examples of works that lay completed for several years, or were left unfinished on the easel, or were finished post-mortem by a friend's grieving hand.

The Last Painting collects 100 terminal paintings from 100 artists, including Dalí, Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Degas, Goya, Pollock, Rembrandt, Dix, Bonnard, Titien, and many more. Each picture gives us a glimpse into the painter's mind. Did they know death was coming? Did they paint with denial, or acceptance? Did they return to a favourite subject, or decide to embark on a new, original project while they still had time? A poetic and thought-provoking book, The Last Painting is a sensitive exploration of the relationship between art and death.