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In gripping prose, she allows us to follow her on her resulting journey of self-discovery, shedding pertinent light on her image-making practice at every turn. This book is the brilliant tale of five brilliant women artists: Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler, who burst onto the male-dominated New York art scene in the s, smashing down gender barriers along the way.

Each was an indomitable force in their own right — Krasner, an assertive leader and hellraiser; de Kooning, a great thinker; Hartigan, a fiercely determined housewife-turned-painter; Mitchell, a vulnerable soul with a steely exterior and prodigious talent; Frankenthaler, a well-schooled New Yorker, who shunned a traditional career path to follow her dreams.

Suffice to say that incredible stories and words of wisdom abound. Famed for her masculine, undeniably chic style of dress, her passionate affairs with society women, and her emotive portraits, flower paintings and landscapes, Gluck was provocative and tender, fierce and gifted in equal measure — and decades ahead of her time. As its title suggests, this book is not a biography as such, but a series of nine interviews with the inimitable figurative painter, Francis Bacon.

Japanese art Aurora Much of his known catalog of works contains images of the Bible. Oddly enough, it is perhaps the Greek goddess of A museum entitled it A Painter in his Studio and As a meditation on the nature and purpose of making art, the book has been widely influential not only among artists but also among writers and musicians including David Bowie, who named it among his favorite books.

The diary of Frida Kahlo: an intimate self-portrait cover. Lee Miller, Leonora in Paris, Widow Basquiat is published by Canongate Books Ltd. Iconic artist Keith Haring kept a diary from his early teens until the day before his death in Published under the title Keith Haring Journalsthe diary presents the readers with a largely unseen Haring, conscientious and serious, it shares everything from his reading lists to his daily thoughts.

Selected artist biography

Keith Haring Journals is published by Penguin Books. Written by British art critic and curator David Sylvester, Interviews with Francis Bacon is a collection of exclusive interviews conducted by Sylvester over a period of 25 years. Throughout the book, Bacon reveals the goal of his artistic production, providing the readers with insights on his vision.

Disclosing details of his personal life, the artist reflects upon the problem of realism with an unmistakable and engaging language.