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The art of rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art / Sebastian Smee.

By:

Smee, Sebastian

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Random House , 2016Description: 390 p. : illus. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780812994803

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

700.922 SME

LOC classification:

N71 .S596 2016

Contents:

Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	700.922 SME (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		006491

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.

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