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From a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky
ISBN: 9780520225480 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. An immigrant from a small Armenian village in eastern Turkey, Arshile Gorky (c. 1900-1948) made his way to the U.S. to become a painter in 1920. Having grown up haunted by memories of his alternately idyllic and terrifying childhood--his family fled the Turks' genocide of Armenians in 1915--he changed his name and created a new identity for himself in America. As an artist, Gorky bridged the generation of the surrealists and that of the abstract expressionists and was a very influential figure among the latter. His work was an inspiration to Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko, among others....
An immigrant from a small Armenian village in eastern Turkey, Arshile Gorky (c. 1900-1948) made his way to the U.S. to become a painter in 1920. Havin...
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A House in St John's Wood: In Search of My Parents
ISBN: 9780374536466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A son's personal exploration of one of the most influential--and troubled--artistic couples of the twentieth century Stephen Spender's life, with all its secrets, successes, and contradictions, is a vivid prism through which to view the twentieth century. He made friends with W. H. Auden and Christopher Isherwood while at Oxford, and together the three had wild adventures in Europe, where they became early critics of Hitler and the rise of fascism. Like his friends, Stephen was drawn to other men, yet he eventually married Natasha Litvin, an ambitious young concert pianist,... A son's personal exploration of one of the most influential--and troubled--artistic couples of the twentieth century Stephen Spender's... |
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