Out Of This Century The Informal Memoirs Of Peggy Guggenheim

Author : Peggy Guggenheim
Publisher : Ravenio Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim written by Peggy Guggenheim and published by Ravenio Books. This book was released on 2016-02-06 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her captivating memoir, Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim, the renowned art collector and socialite takes readers on a fascinating journey through her extraordinary life. From her bohemian upbringing to her pivotal role in shaping the modern art world, Guggenheim's story is one of passion, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to the avant-garde. This intimate and candid account offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a visionary who left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of the 20th century.

Author : Peggy Guggenheim
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Out of this Century written by Peggy Guggenheim and published by Universe Publishing(NY). This book was released on 1979 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peggy Guggenheim
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062288369
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Confessions of an Art Addict written by Peggy Guggenheim and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A patron of art since the 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider's view of the early days of modern art, with revealing accounts of her eccentric wealthy family, her personal and professional relationships, and often surprising portrayals of the artists themselves Peggy Guggenheim was born into affluence and a lavish lifestyle. Bored with her seemingly "pedestrian" life in New York, she headed for Europe in 1921, where she woudl sow the seeds for a future as one of modern art's most important and influential figures. In the midst of Europe's avant-garde circles, she reveled in her love affairs with prominent artists and also became a serious collector. Her Guggenheim Jeune gallery in London brought figures such as Brancusi, Cocteau, Kandinsky, and Arp to the forefront of the art scene. Later, her New York gallery would launch the careers of Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell, among others. In her own inimitable and bawdy style, Peggy Guggenheim gives us an insider's glimpse into the modern art world with intimate, often surprising portrayals of its most significant players. Candid, clever, and always entertaining, here is a memoir that captures a valuable chapter in the history of modern art, as well as the spirit of one of its greatest advocates.

Author : Mary V. Dearborn
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 9780618128068
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mistress of Modernism written by Mary V. Dearborn and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2004 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dearborn's unprecedented access to Guggenheim's family, friends, and papers contributes rich insight to her traumatic childhood in New York, her self-education in the ways of art and artists, her battles with other art-collecting Guggenheims, and her legendary sexual appetites.

Author : Francine Prose
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300216521
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peggy Guggenheim written by Francine Prose and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the world’s great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life, and for her ironic, playful desire to shock. Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim’s life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing discoveries, to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs, and Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a male-dominated world. Prose also explores the ways in which Guggenheim’s image was filtered through the lens of insidious antisemitism.

Author : Sandra Whipple Spanier
Publisher : SIU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809312764
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kay Boyle, Artist and Activist written by Sandra Whipple Spanier and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 1986 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first critical assessment of Kay Boyle's long career is both a portrait of the artists and a perceptive appraisal of her work. Boyle has lent her cooperation and support to Spanier's efforts to gather biographical material. Particularly enriching for this study were several meetings and extensive correspondence between author and critic. Spanier draws on hundreds of pages of letters containing a wealth of new information about Boyle's life, works, literary relationships, and current activities. Boyle has provided Spanier with unpublished documents and works in progress, yellowed news clippings and book reviews, and detailed notes in which she reacted to this work. Balancing her role of biographer and critic, Spanier has created a vital, perceptive, and integrated study of the life and work of a remarkable woman. -- From publisher's description.

Author : Laurie Wilson
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500773742
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow written by Laurie Wilson and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most complete biography of the iconic sculptor Louise Nevelson, the groundbreaking artist and fixture of New York’s art world based on hours of interviews the author conducted at the height of Nevelson’s fame In 1929, Louise Nevelson was a disappointed housewife with a young son, surrounded by New York’s vibrant artistic community but unable to fully engage with it. By 1950, she was an artist living on her own, financially dependent on her family, but she had received a glimmer of recognition from the establishment: inclusion in a group show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. In 1980, Nevelson celebrated her second Whitney retrospective. Her work was held in public collections around the world; her massive steel sculptures appeared in public spaces in seventeen states, including the Louise Nevelson Plaza in New York City’s Financial District. The story of Nevelson’s artistic, spiritual, even physical transformation (she developed a taste for outrageous outfits and false eyelashes made of mink) is dramatic, complex, and inseparable from major historical and cultural shifts of the twentieth century, particularly in the art world. Art historian and psychoanalyst Laurie Wilson brings a unique and sensitive perspective to Nevelson’s story, drawing on hours of interviews she conducted with Nevelson and her circle. Over 100 images, many of them drawn from personal archives and never before published, make this the most visually and narratively comprehensive biography of this remarkable artist yet published.

Author : Barbara Reich Gluck
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838720608
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beckett and Joyce written by Barbara Reich Gluck and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 163121456X
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rick Steves Venice written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2016-12-27 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when visiting the island city of Venice. Following the self-guided tours in this book, you'll explore Venice's most important landmarks and cruise the Grand Canal for a close-up look at the elegant palaces, bridges, and churches. You'll discover picturesque lanes, enjoy the best city views, and tour outlying islands in the lagoon. Dine at a romantic canal-side restaurant, or join the locals at a characteristic cicchetti bar and munch seafood-on-a-toothpick. As the stars shine over St. Mark's Square, sway to the free music of café orchestras. Rick's candid, humorous advice will guide you to good-value hotels and restaurants. You'll learn how to explore Venice hassle-free and get up-to-date advice on what's worth your time and money. More than just reviews and directions, a Rick Steves guidebook is a tour guide in your pocket.

Author : Susan Davidson
Publisher : Guggenheim Museum
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peggy Guggenheim & Frederick Kiesler written by Susan Davidson and published by Guggenheim Museum. This book was released on 2004 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by Susan Davidson and Philip Rylands Essays by Dieter Bogner, Francis V. O'Connor, Don Quaintance, Jasper Sharp and Valentina Sonzogni.