Artists' Houses - Hardcover

Gérard-Georges Lemaire; Jean-Claude Amiel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0865652309 ISBN 13: 9780865652309

Publisher: The Vendome Press, 2005

Synopsis

Artists’ Houses offers readers the unprecedented opportunity to turn the key and enter the private homes of 14 extraordinary artists.We see where they lived and worked, entertained and created their most significant masterpieces. These important European and American artists put as much care, or more, into the design of their homes and gardens as they put into the creation of their works. Claude Monet’s lush garden at Giverny, composed over more than 40 years, provided the source material for his revolutionary art. René Magritte’s stark suburban home eerily resembles the backgrounds of many of the surrealist’s paintings.Vanessa Bell of the Bloomsbury group painted more than just canvases at Charleston, where she (with the help of Duncan Grant) covered nearly every available surface. The photographs and literary portraits of the artists and their homes provide an intimate view into the daily life of these renowned masters. The houses included range from the Czech Republic to Italy, Germany, England and NewYork and include a diverse cross-section of 19th- and 20thcentury masters in painting, sculpture and the applied arts includingWilliam Morris, Giorgio de Chirico, Alphonse Mucha and Gabrielle Müenter. Gerard- Georges Lemaire’s enlightening text, accompanied by Jean-Claude Amiel’s exquisite photographs, bring the reader into intimate contact with these legendary artists. Many of these houses, which have survived intact to our time, have never before been photographed, and appear here in print for the first time, providing a rare glimpse into the private world of artistic genius.

About this title

Synopsis:

An enchanting look at the homes lovingly designed by great European and American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Magritte, William Morris, Claude Monet and Giorgio de Chirico. Art and life co-mingle in these domestic arrangements, with the accoutrements of everyday living graced by the intimate company of great works of art. This book will appeal to lovers of art and those who would emulate or fantasize about la vie boheme.

About the Author:

Gérard-Georges Lemaire, a writer, historian, art critic, and curator, is the author of books on the Pre-Raphaelites, Futurism, and Franz Kafka. Jean- Claude Amiel’s photography has been published in many magazines and books.

About this edition

• Publisher: The Vendome Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0865652309
• ISBN 13: 9780865652309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192