Autobiography of famous artists
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5 Books about Famous Artists You Need to Read This Winter
It is about that time of the year when all we can do is wait impatiently on the upcoming holidays and the new year. How do you intend to spend the last few weeks of another eventful year? Enjoying the end-of-year festivities? Maybe spend some quality time with friends and family? If, like me, you intend to curl up with your cats and a book—this is an article for you. Here are five books about famous artists you should read in the last weeks of !
1. Lust for Life by Irving Stone
Since its initial publication in , Irving Stone’s Lust For Life has been a critical success, a multimillion-copy bestseller, and the basis for an Academy Award-winning movie. The novel traces the life of Dutch artist, Vincent van Gogh, from his auspicious beginnings as an art dealer in London to his death at age 37 in Auvers in The book is considered a “biographical novel” because, although it is rooted in fact, the author has fictionalized
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15 Engrossing Artist Biographies and Memoirs to Read Now
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We spotlight a selection of our favourite artists’ autobiographies and biographies, from the empowering to the scandalous, for your summer reading inspiration
TextDaisy Woodward
Summer is upon us and this year, more than ever, it feels pertinent to pick holiday reads that will uplift and inspire. Where better to turn to, then, than artists’ memoirs and biographies – filled as they are with tales of overcoming life’s hardships, fights for justice and recognition in and outside of the art world, the quest to forge a legacy through art, and, more often than not, a juicy scandal or two to keep the reader’s interest piqued. Here, we’ve selected 15 of our favourites for your perusal, spanning the empowering, the ephemeral, the political and the downright provocative (Diego Rivera, we’re looking at you).
1.We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold is
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10 Artist Biographies To Read This Year
What would the winter holidays be without those warm, comforting afternoons spent beneath the blankets or close by the chimney? If you&#;ve exhausted all the classics of French literature and the summer&#;s bestsellers, why not try another genre: the artists&#; biography? Since many artists have lived thrilling lives, Artsper suggests these biographies of artists whose lives man for a compelling novel!
Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Dazzling Epic of the Precursor of Street Art
Jean-Michel Basquiat (), whose works can be found on Artsper, was undoubtedly one of the artists who made the biggest impressions on the New York underground art scene in the s.
Born in Brooklyn, this African-American with a rebellious temperament left school when he was a teenager to devote han själv to his passion: art. His anställda graffitis were quickly noticed for their tribal signs and naïve characters. Criticizing consumerism and the exclusion of ethnic comm