Le don créatif de thérèse était spontané et inné.
"elle ment comme l'oiseau respire", dit un témoin qui l'avait connue enfant. elle combinait la subtilité psychologique d'un acteur confirmé à l'exubérance narrative d'un romancier. si elle avait choisi les livres, au lieu de la vie réelle, comme moyen d'expression pour ses fictions romantiques à propos de titres égarés, de coffres-forts, d'héritages surprises et de parents longtemps perdus de vue, elle serait devenue un romancier à gros tirage du xixe siècle.
The widespread general impression of Matisse as on one hand a somewhat frivolous painter and on the other a rather dull and uninteresting person is long overdue for revision. This revealing biography closely examines the relationship between his life and his art.
Offers an exploration of Matisse's world, uncovering the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and infuriated his contemporaries while paving the way for modern art. This volume tells the story of Matisse's growing artistic maturity and the relationship between his life and art from 1909 to 1954, his glory years.
Pearl Buck was raised in China by her American parents, Presbyterian missionaries from Virginia. Blonde and blue-eyed she looked startlingly foreign, but felt as at home as her Chinese companions. Pearl Buck would eventually rise to eminence in America as a bestselling author. This biography recounts her upbringing in China.
Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and competitor - Pablo Picasso. This title reveals the origins of Matisse's astonishing talent and provides an insight into his life and work.
Chronicles the later years of the influential artist, interweaving analyses of his work with a study of Matisse's relationships with family and friends, trips around the world, the women in his life, and the continuing influences on the evolution of his art.
