Recollections of a Picture Dealer (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (563 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486428524 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-02-13 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Celebrity, art merchant, socialite, publisher, and writer, Ambroise Vollard (1867–1939) was one of the most extraordinary figures in 20th-century art. Vollard's warmth, candor, and intelligence earned him the friendship of a generation of artists and make this memoir an enthralling and often hilarious account of an exciting Golden Age of painting.Vollard's anecdotal recollections transport the reader to Paris at the turn of the 20th century and the legendary "Street of Pictures," the rue Laffitte, where Vollard lived and worked. He possessed an uncanny ability to recognize genius in painters — dozens of important artists received valuable commissions and gallery space with his help, and his galleries presented the first one-man shows for such luminaries as Matisse, Cézanne, and Picasso. Rather than critiquing artists
"but the stories are good." according to syduenonimous. Big variety of very informal friendships between the author and legendary artist. Writing style is a little uneven, but the stories are good.. FRANCIS said A great disappointment. This is the greatest art dealer of all time - who reprented Manet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, and Gauguin !! But the book, after the first 150 pages, all I can say is big disappointment.I don't even have the motivation to read on.The book is full of stuff unrelated to art or artists. All the time the writer talked about uninteres. S. Baker said The author was a visionary art dealer. Whatever you may think of the writing style and content, this book is historic in its autobiographical account of one of the world's most important art dealers. I found it totally fascinating. It brought one of the foremost art historical times to life for me. Even if you are not much of an art aficionado, how could you not be
Language Notes Text: English (translation) Original Language: French