The art of rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art
(2016)
By:
Smee, Sebastian
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
700.922/SMEE,S
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Random House, [2016]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
xxiii, 390 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780812994803, 0812994809
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists-- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative innovations"--