Giacometti biography james lord
- In this exceptional biography Lord unfolds the personal history of a man who managed to achieve a heroic destiny by remaining utterly true to himself and to his.
- The work of one of the towering creative spirits of the century, Alberto Giacometti's visionary sculptures and paintings from a testament to the artist's intriguing life story.
- Alberto Giacometti is one of the best-known artists of the twentieth century.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Cloth, xiii, 575 pages, [32] pages of plates, illustrations; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Stated First edition. Dust jacket, with toned flaps, protected in a mylar cover. *** A major monograph on the Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti (1901-1966), who moved to Paris in 1922, where he became a leading Surrealist, producing assemblages and sculptures. After World War Two, he modelled skinny figures in clay that were cast in bronze. To many observers, these figure sculptures were his signature style and a pictorial equivalent to Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy of existentialism. *** "The work of one of the towering creative spirits of the century, Alberto Giacometti's visionary sculptures and paintings from a testament to the artist's intriguing life story. From modest beginnings in a Swiss village, Giacometti went on to flourish in the picturesque milieu of prewar Paris and then to achieve international acclaim in the fifties and sixties. Picasso, Balthus,
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Giacometti: A Biography
Lord, James (Giacometti, Alberto)
ISBN: 0374161984
New York, NY: Farrar , Straus and Giroux, 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. “Alberto Giacometti needs no introduction to anyone familiar with twentieth-century art. His stature as one of the great figures of the era has grown steadily more imposing since his death in 1966. The person behind the art, however, has been familiar only as an abstract embodiment of artistic dedication so exemplary as to seem virtually mythic. Now, for the first time, the actual man is brought to life in a dramatic biography that reveals how the legend and the individual worked together to create masterpieces.” (From front flap) Considered the Biographer James Lord’s (1922-2009) Masterpiece, Giacometti: A Biography is an intimate exploration of Swiss artist Alberto Giacommeti’s (1901-1966) life and work. Lord is not just a biographer interested in cataloging another life of another Great (capital “G”) but was actually good friends with Giacometti, painting a portrait with color and autho
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James Lord (author)
American writer (1922–2009)
James Lord | |
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| Born | (1922-11-27)November 27, 1922 Englewood, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | August 23, 2009(2009-08-23) (aged 86) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | Writer, essayist |
| Partner | Gilles Roy-Lord |
James Lord (November 27, 1922 – August 23, 2009) was an American writer. He was the author of several books, including critically acclaimed biographies of Alberto Giacometti and Pablo Picasso.[1][2] He appeared in the documentary filmsBalthus Through the Looking Glass (1996) and Picasso: Magic, Sex, Death (2001).
Life and career
Lord was born in Englewood, New Jersey, and grew up there, the son of Louise and Albert Lord.[1] His father was a stockbroker, and until the Wall Street crash the family lived, as Lord put it, in "the lower echelons of the upper classes".[2] He graduated from Englewood School for Boys (now Dwight-Englewood School) in 1940.[3]
Lord attended Wesleyan University, though he never earned a degree. He served in the United
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