The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Brossura

Richardson, John

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ISBN 10: 0712667083 ISBN 13: 9780712667081

Casa editrice: Pimlico, 2000

Riassunto

The Sorcerer's Apprentice by John Richardson, author of A Life of Picasso, is a richly entertaining memoir of life with the brilliant but controversial art expert, Douglas Cooper - a fiendish, colourful, Evelyn Waugh-like figure who single-handedly assembled the world's most important private collection of Cubist paintings.

John Richardson tells the story of their ill-fated but comical association, which began in London in 1949 and moved on to the Chateau de Castille, a colonnaded folly in Provence filled with masterpieces by Picasso, Braque, Leger and Juna Gris. Richardson unfurls an adventure lasting twelve years, encompassing artists and writers, collectors and the famous - Francis Bacon, Jean Cocteau, Dora Maar, Peggy Guggenheim and Anthony Blunt to name but a few. Central to the book is Richardson's close friendship with Picasso, which coincided with the emergence of the artist's new mistress, Jacqueline Roque, and which gave Richardson an inside view of the repercussions she would have on Picasso's life and work.

With an extraordinary eye for detail and ear for scandal, Richardson has written a unique saga from behind the scenes of one of the richest periods in European art.

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Recensione:

"A scintillating romp, riddled with insights into the art world; far funnier and more deserving of the title Men Behaving Badly than any television comedy...Brilliant." (Frances Spalding Sunday Times)

"A truly quirky, hilarious little book...It can safely be said that no book like it has been published before; or will be again." (Andrew Marr Express)

"The Sorcerer's Apprentice has the giddy effervescence of a Fellini film...A celebration of movement and sensuality: of light and colour, physical vitality and sexual freedom." (Andrew Rissik Guardian)

"Funny, informative and frequently scandalous." (Emma Tennant Independent on Sunday)

"Rackety, riveting, hilariously grisly." (Hilary Spurling Daily Telegraph)

Descrizione del libro:

A delightful, gossipy memoir by the world-famous art critic and biographer of Picasso.

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• Editore: Pimlico
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0712667083
• ISBN 13: 9780712667081
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336