- Publisher: ACC
- Year: 2020
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 256pp
- Illustrated: Yes
- Dimensions: 290x245mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1.7kg
- ISBN: 9781788840842
- Product code: 530667
Desperately Young
New Hardback Illustrated
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Focusing on ‘the lives, influence and unfulfilled promise’ of 109 artists who perished before turning 30, these illustrated biographies span a broad range of eras, styles and locations. Entries include 19th-century Dutch marine painter Johannes Koekkoek, who might have equalled his father in skill; American neo-expressionist Jean-Michel Basquiat, whose meteoric rise ended with suicide in 1988; and Ernst Klimt, whose death in 1892 prompted his brother Gustav to move towards a more symbolic style.
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Desperately Young
introduces the masterpieces left behind by some of the greatest rising
stars in fine art - all of whom died before their thirtieth birthday.
Precocious
talent seeps from each artist's work, along with a sense of unfulfilled
potential. Informative biographies detail their legacies, while their
tragic deaths lead us to wonder what heights they might've reached, had
their lives not been cut short. Richly illustrated, Desperately Young
presents prime examples of each artist's work, demonstrating how our
cultural heritage is just a little narrower for their loss.
From
Europe to America to Japan and the Indian Subcontinent, the
mid-14-hundreds to the late 20th century, this book hails the
acknowledged greats and introduces those who died before they could
leave an indelible mark on history. A compendium of 109 artists who fell
prey to sickness, warfare, heartbreak or bad luck, Desperately Young is the only book to provide an in-depth study of artists who died young.
Contents:
With works from Tommaso Masaccio, Frederic Bazille, Thomas Girtin, Egon
Schiele, Henri Regnault, Ernst Klimt, Jeanne Hebuterne, Kaita Murayama,
Hermann Stenner, Maurycy Gottlieb, Fyodor Vasilyev, Marie Bashkirtseff,
Richard Parkes Bonington, Luisa Anguissola, Walter Deverell, August
Macke, Pauline Boty and Jean-Michel Basquiat - among many others.
introduces the masterpieces left behind by some of the greatest rising
stars in fine art - all of whom died before their thirtieth birthday.
Precocious
talent seeps from each artist's work, along with a sense of unfulfilled
potential. Informative biographies detail their legacies, while their
tragic deaths lead us to wonder what heights they might've reached, had
their lives not been cut short. Richly illustrated, Desperately Young
presents prime examples of each artist's work, demonstrating how our
cultural heritage is just a little narrower for their loss.
From
Europe to America to Japan and the Indian Subcontinent, the
mid-14-hundreds to the late 20th century, this book hails the
acknowledged greats and introduces those who died before they could
leave an indelible mark on history. A compendium of 109 artists who fell
prey to sickness, warfare, heartbreak or bad luck, Desperately Young is the only book to provide an in-depth study of artists who died young.
Contents:
With works from Tommaso Masaccio, Frederic Bazille, Thomas Girtin, Egon
Schiele, Henri Regnault, Ernst Klimt, Jeanne Hebuterne, Kaita Murayama,
Hermann Stenner, Maurycy Gottlieb, Fyodor Vasilyev, Marie Bashkirtseff,
Richard Parkes Bonington, Luisa Anguissola, Walter Deverell, August
Macke, Pauline Boty and Jean-Michel Basquiat - among many others.
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