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Matisse at WarArt and Resistance in Nazi Occupied France
Spotlighting the years during WWII when Henri Matisse and his family defiantly refused to evacuate Nazi-occupied France, this groundbreaking book illuminates the previously untold history of their passionate roles in the Resistance and the prodigious, revolutionary work the artist produced in the face of fascism, violence, and hate. For readers of Jeffrey H. Jackson’sPaper Bullets,Martin…
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Andy Warhol's MotherThe Woman Behind the Artist
While biographers of Andy Warhol have long recognized his mother as a significant influence on his life and art, Julia Warhola's story has not yet been told. As an American immigrant who was born in a small Carpatho-Rusyn village in Austria-Hungary in 1891, Julia never had the opportunity to develop her own considerable artistic talents. Instead, she worked and sacrificed so her son could follo…
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Intimate CompanionsA Triography of George Platt Lynes, Paul Cadmus, Lincoln K…
"Leddick makes a strong case for why his subjects remain vital and important American artists." — Publishers Weekly Photographer George Platt Lynes, painter Paul Cadmus, and critic Lincoln Kirstein played a major role in creating the institutions of the American art world from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. The three created a remarkable world of gay aesthetics and desire in art with the…
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SurrealThe Extraordinary Life of Gala Dalí
"Michele Gerber Kleinat long lastgives Gala Dal the close-up she deserves. When Gala met Salvador, they met their destinies.Surrealtakes us backstage at the endless performance piece that was the couples lifes work and lifes playa salient ingredientand reshuffles art history along the way. Pour a stiff Pernod or Absinthe, kick back, and enjoy this delightfully sparking read."Brad Gooch, author …
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Frida in AmericaThe Creative Awakening of a Great Artist
"Stahr illuminates how . . . Kahlo's culture shock in the U.S. influenced her portraiture canon that is still so famous and treasured today." ? Fortune Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time…
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Some of My LivesA Scrapbook Memoir
Rosamond Bernier has lived an unusually full life—remarkable for its vividness and diversity of experience—and she has known many (one is tempted to say all) of the greatest artists and composers of the twentieth century. In Some of My Lives, Bernier has made a kind of literary scrapbook from an extraordinary array of writings, ranging from diary entries to her many contributions to the art…
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Arshile GorkyHis Life and Work
From the Author of Frida, the Moving and Heroic Story of One of the Central Painters of the Twentieth Century Born in Turkey around 1900, Vosdanik Adoian escaped the massacres of Armenians in 1915 only to watch his mother die of starvation and his family scatter in their flight from the Turks. Arriving in America in 1920, Adoian invented the pseudonym Arshile Gorky-and obliterated his past. Cla…
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Light on the PrairieSolomon D. Butcher, Photographer of Nebraska's Pioneer Days
Once President Lincoln signed the Homestead Act of 1862, which granted 160 acres of free land to anyone with the grit to farm it for five years, the rush to the Great Plains was on. Solomon D. Butcher was there to document it, amassing more than three thousand photographs and compiling the most complete record of the sod house era ever made. Butcher (1856–1927) staked his claim on the plains …
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Light on FireThe Art and Life of Sam Francis
The first in-depth biography of Sam Francis, the legendary American abstract painter who broke all the rules in his personal and artistic life. Light on Fire is the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract artists of the twentieth century. Based on Gabrielle Selz’s unprecedented access to Francis’s files, as well as private correspon…
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The AuctioneerAdventures in the Art Trade
"In this eye-opening memoir . . . a distinguished auctioneer and art dealer . . . provides a lively account of his flashy career and today's soaring art market." — Publishers Weekly "Simon de Pury's mission is to bring beauty to all people. This book is a wild ride that will get you hooked on art." —Russell Simmons "Simon's boundless energy is unparalleled. He transforms the auction house…
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