Confessions of an Art Addict

Author: Peggy Guggenheim
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0062288369
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 115

Book Description
A patron of art since the 1930s, Peggy Guggenheim, in a candid self-portrait, provides an insider's view of the early days of modern art, with revealing accounts of her eccentric wealthy family, her personal and professional relationships, and often surprising portrayals of the artists themselves Peggy Guggenheim was born into affluence and a lavish lifestyle. Bored with her seemingly "pedestrian" life in New York, she headed for Europe in 1921, where she woudl sow the seeds for a future as one of modern art's most important and influential figures. In the midst of Europe's avant-garde circles, she reveled in her love affairs with prominent artists and also became a serious collector. Her Guggenheim Jeune gallery in London brought figures such as Brancusi, Cocteau, Kandinsky, and Arp to the forefront of the art scene. Later, her New York gallery would launch the careers of Jackson Pollock and Robert Motherwell, among others. In her own inimitable and bawdy style, Peggy Guggenheim gives us an insider's glimpse into the modern art world with intimate, often surprising portrayals of its most significant players. Candid, clever, and always entertaining, here is a memoir that captures a valuable chapter in the history of modern art, as well as the spirit of one of its greatest advocates.

Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim

Author: Peggy Guggenheim
Publisher: Ravenio Books
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 377

Book Description
In her captivating memoir, Out of This Century: The Informal Memoirs of Peggy Guggenheim, the renowned art collector and socialite takes readers on a fascinating journey through her extraordinary life. From her bohemian upbringing to her pivotal role in shaping the modern art world, Guggenheim's story is one of passion, resilience, and an unwavering commitment to the avant-garde. This intimate and candid account offers a rare glimpse into the mind of a visionary who left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of the 20th century.

Out of this Century

Author: Peggy Guggenheim
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780233001388
Category : Art patrons
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Known as 'the Mistress of modern art', Peggy Guggenheim was a passionate collector and major patron. She amassed one of the most important collections of early 20th century European and American art embracing cubism, surrealism and expressionism. A 'poor little rich girl', (her father, Benjamin, went down with the Titanic in 1912), she was magnetically drawn to the avant-garde artistic community of Paris. She bought works by, and befriended, such artists as Picasso, Duchamp, Man Ray and Dali. In 1938 she opened her first gallery of modern art in London, followed by the 'Art of this Century' gallery in New York. Then, after a 4-year marriage to Max Ernst, she returned to Europe, setting up her collection in Venice where she lived until her death in 1979. This is the fascinating autobiography of a society heiress who became the bohemian doyenne of the art world. Written in her own words it is the frank and outspoken story of her life and loves: her stormy relationships with such men as Max Ernst and Jackson Pollock, of artistic discoveries and the excitement of promoting great work. seminal period of art history, and the ultimate self-invented woman.

Peggy Guggenheim

Author: Anton Gill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 560

Book Description
Mrs Guggenheim, how many husbands have you had? Do you mean my own, or other people's? Peggy Guggenheim was an American millionairess art collector and legendary lover, whose father died on the Titanic returning from installing the lift machinery in the Eiffel Tower. She lived in Paris in the 1930s and got to know all the major artists - especially the Surrealists. (Later she bullied Max Ernst into marrying her, but was snubbed by Picasso.) When the Second World War broke out, she bought great numbers of paintings from artists fleeing to America; as a Jew she escaped from Vichy, France and set up in New York, where in the 1940s and 1950s she befriended and encouraged the New York School (Jackson Pollock, Rothko, and others)

Confessions of a Street Addict

Author: James J. Cramer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 9780743224888
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 356

Book Description
Cramer takes readers on a no-holds-barred tour of life on Wall Street--revealing how the game is played, who breaks the rules, and who gets hurt.

Mistress of Modernism

Author: Mary V. Dearborn
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618128068
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 428

Book Description
Dearborn's unprecedented access to Guggenheim's family, friends, and papers contributes rich insight to her traumatic childhood in New York, her self-education in the ways of art and artists, her battles with other art-collecting Guggenheims, and her legendary sexual appetites.

Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict

Author: Laurie Viera Rigler
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101213760
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 316

Book Description
NATIONAL BESTSELLER After nursing a broken engagement with Jane Austen novels and Absolut, Courtney Stone wakes up and finds herself not in her Los Angeles bedroom or even in her own body, but inside the bedchamber of a woman in Regency England. Who but an Austen addict like herself could concoct such a fantasy? Not only is Courtney stuck in another woman’s life, she is forced to pretend she actually is that woman; and despite knowing nothing about her, she manages to fool even the most astute observer. But not even her level of Austen mania has prepared Courtney for the chamber pots and filthy coaching inns of nineteenth-century England, let alone the realities of being a single woman who must fend off suffocating chaperones, condom-less seducers, and marriages of convenience. This looking-glass Austen world is not without its charms, however. There are journeys to Bath and London, balls in the Assembly Rooms, and the enigmatic Mr. Edgeworth, who may not be a familiar species of philanderer after all. But when Courtney’s borrowed brain serves up memories that are not her own, the ultimate identity crisis ensues. Will she ever get her real life back, and does she even want to?

Buy what You Love

Author: Philip J. Schiller
Publisher: Chameleon Books (MA)
ISBN: 9780915829699
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Mr. Schiller - one of the most important collectors of American art -- has assembled one of the finest private collections... in the country. In this book, he shares with the reader his wisdom and advice, gleaned from his longtime obsession with art.Buy art that you love and be aware of market prices. I try to explain what I have learned buying over 800 works of art. Buy what you love and buy with knowledge. Learn about the artist, his works good and bad, and the market for his works. Be an informed buyer. This will be helpful and enjoyable. Learn and then buy. You too can have an important collection. You don't need to be an art historian. Above all have a good time.

Peggy

Author: Jacqueline Bograd Weld
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN:
Category : Art patrons
Languages : en
Pages : 552

Book Description

Peggy Guggenheim

Author: Francine Prose
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300216521
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 235

Book Description
One of twentieth-century America’s most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (1898–1979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avant-garde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the world’s great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life, and for her ironic, playful desire to shock. Acclaimed best-selling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheim’s life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentieth-century art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigm-changing discoveries, to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs, and Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a male-dominated world. Prose also explores the ways in which Guggenheim’s image was filtered through the lens of insidious antisemitism.