The Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, an American Painter - Softcover

Vincent, Glyn

 
9780802140647: The Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, an American Painter

Synopsis

Recounts the tragic life of the celebrated American artist, from his Greenwich Village childhood and journeys among the Sioux and Uinta Indians, through his struggles with mental illness in turn-of-the-century New York, and the exploitation of his work by an unscrupulous philanthropist. Reprint.

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"Vincent makes a fair case for considering [Blakelock] as a man who has more in common with late-twentieth-century art practices than those of the 1880s, and whose initial obscurity, followed by the notoriety of his final years, says a good deal about art, money and reputation in America."

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ISBN 10:  0802117341 ISBN 13:  9780802117342
Publisher: Grove Pr, 2003
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