Matisse: The Life
Autor Hilary Spurlingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 apr 2009
'Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse'Guardian
The abridged, one-volume edition of Hilary Spurling's critically acclaimed biography of Henri Matisse, one of the greatest artistic geniuses of the twentieth century
Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend and competitor Pablo Picasso. Hilary Spurling'sThe Unknown MatisseandMatisse the Masterwere together heralded as the definitive biography of the artist, andMatisse the Masterwent on to win the Whitbread Book of the Year award in 2005.
This essential abridged edition of the Life reveals the origins of Matisse's astonishing talent, provides a unique insight into his life and work, and, by documenting the difficult path he took alone, clearly places him at the front rank of those who made art modern.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141030784
ISBN-10: 014103078X
Pagini: 608
Ilustrații: 3 x 24pp
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:Trade Paperback.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 014103078X
Pagini: 608
Ilustrații: 3 x 24pp
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.42 kg
Ediția:Trade Paperback.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Hilary
Spurlingis
the
author
of
numerous
biographies,
includingIvy
When
Young:
The
Early
Life
of
Ivy
Compton-Burnett
1884-1919;Paul
Scott:
A
Life;
a
two-volume
biography
of
Matisse,The
Unknown
MatisseandMatisse
the
Master(also
published
in
the
abridged
single-volumeMatisse:
The
Life);
andBurying
the
Bones.
She
won
the
Rose
Mary
Crawshay
Prize
and
the
Duff
Cooper
Prize
forIvy
When
Young,the
Whitbread
Book
of
the
Year
Award
forMatisse
the
Master,
and
the
James
Tait
Black
Memorial
Prize
forBurying
the
Bones.
She
grew
up
in
Bristol
and
studied
at
the
University
of
Oxford.
From
1964
to
1970
she
was
Theatre
Critic
and
Literary
Editor
of
theSpectator,
and
since
then
she
has
been
a
regular
book
reviewer
for
theObserverand
theDaily
Telegraph.
In
2016
she
won
the
Biographers'
Club
Lifetime
Achievement
Award.
Recenzii
Spurling
at
her
brilliant
bestas
passionate
scholar,
traveller
and
storyteller
.
.
.Lavishly
illustrated
and
lovingly
well
written'
An outstanding biography, as full of insights into the pictures as it is revealing about the man
Destined to remain the standard biography for a long time. Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse
An outstanding biography, as full of insights into the pictures as it is revealing about the man
Destined to remain the standard biography for a long time. Spurling has done better than anyone else at uncovering intimate information about Matisse