My Love Affair with Modern Art: Behind the Scenes with a Legendary Curator - Softcover

Kuh, Katharine

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9781611455069: My Love Affair with Modern Art: Behind the Scenes with a Legendary Curator

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ISBN 10: 1611455065 ISBN 13: 9781611455069

Publisher: Arcade Publishing, 2012

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One of America's leading curators, "a woman of resilience and vision, a writer of clarity and ardor" (Chicago Tribune), takes you on a personal tour of the world of modern art. In the Depression-era climate of the 1930s, interest in modern art was at an all-time low. But a courageous and visionary young woman-Katharine Kuh-defied the odds and opened a gallery in Chicago, where she exhibited such relatively unknown artists as Fernand L�ger, Paul Klee, Joan Mir�, Ansel Adams, Marc Chagall, and Alexander Calder, to name but a few. Not only did Kuh survive these rocky early years but most of the artists became increasingly famous. In 1954, the Art Institute of Chicago named her its first curator of modern painting and sculpture. Kuh's prestigious position at the museum led to friendships with Marcel Duchamp, Mark Rothko, Mies van der Rohe, and Edward Hopper. In writing her memoir, she hoped to offer intimate portraits of these luminaries and contribute to a fuller understanding of their achievements. Her book also reveals how and why America became a major force in the world of contemporary art. After Katharine Kuh's death, Avis Berman-noted art historian and Kuh's close friend and literary executor-selected, edited, and completed her writings for this book.

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Book Description:

The memoir of Katharine Kuh who was a major figure in the world of the modern art.

About the Author:

Katharine Kuh was born in 1904 and founded her own Chicago gallery in 1935. Her sixteen years at the Art Institute of Chicago coincided with that institution's emergence as one of the world's greatest museums. She chronicled two decades of contemporary art as a critic at the Saturday Review. She died in 1994. Avis Berman is an art historian, author, and Edward Hopper expert. She was a personal friend of Katharine Kuh and lives in New York City.

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