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Smee, Sebastian

The art of rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art / Sebastian Smee. - New York : Random House , 2016 - 390 p. : illus. ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-369) index.

Freud and Bacon -- Manet and Degas -- Matisse and Picasso -- Pollock and De Kooning.

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.


English.

ISBN: 9780812994803

Subjects--Personal Names:
Picasso, Pablo (1881 - 1973) ---Friends and associates
Matisse, Henri (1869 - 1954) ---Friends and associates
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) ---Friends and associates.
Degas, Edgar (1834-1917) ---Friends and associates.
Pollock, Jackson (1912-1956) ---Friends and associates.
De Kooning, Willem (1904-1997) ---Friends and associates.
Freud, Lucian (1922-2011) ---Friends and associates.
Bacon, Francis (1909-1992) ---Friends and associates.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Artists---Psychology.
Creation (Literary, artistic,etc)

LC Class. No.: N71 / .S596 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 700.922 SME