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  • Best Biographies and Memoirs About Artists (90 books) - Goodreads Like Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.
  • Artists' Biographies - Five Books Expert Recommendations 200 books based on 68 votes: Matisse the Master: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954 by Hilary Spurling, Renoir, My Father by Jean Renoir, Leonardo da Vinc.
  • Essential Books: 7 Compelling Artist Biographies - The best books on Goya and the art of biography, recommended by Janis Tomlinson The art of Francisco de Goya reflects the social and political chaos of Spain in his day, leaving later generations to read into his prolific work—by turns formal and bizarre, official and fantastic—many often contradictory interpretations.


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  • Artists, Architects & Photographers ; Capturing the Light: The Birth of Photography, a True Story of Genius and Rivalry ; Leonardo da Vinci. This book centres on the late Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa – best known for her breathtaking hanging-wire sculptures and bold, urban installations and fountains. Asawa survived an adolescence spent in World War Two Japanese-American internment camps, before securing a place at the revolutionary art school Black Mountain College.
  • I'd love to know which bios and memoirs of visual artists you have most loved and/or been fascinated by. In order to write this biography, a New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, the author was given the co-operation of the O’Keeffe family and access to the letters between the artist and her circle, especially noted photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who became her husband. Since at the time of the book’s first publication, many.
  • Widow Basquiat · The Diary Of Frida Kahlo · The Surreal Life Of Leonora Carrington · The Secret Life. Find the top 100 most popular Amazon books. Best Sellers in Biographies of Artists, Architects & Photographers #1. Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir.

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