Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim

6 best books like Art Lover: A Biography of Peggy Guggenheim (Anton Gill): De Kooning: An American Master, Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World, The King's Agent, Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell, Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams, Jackson Pollock: An American Saga

De Kooning: An American Master

Author	Mark Stevens
ISBN	0375711163

Willem de Kooning is one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, a true “painter’s painter” whose protean work continues to inspire many artists. In the thirties and forties, along with Arshile Gorky and Jackson Pollock, he became a key figure in the revolutionary American movement...

Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World

Author	Sharon Waxman
ISBN	0805086536

A journey across four continents to the heart of the conflict over who should own the great works of ancient art

Why are the Elgin Marbles in London and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many mummies in France as there are in Egypt? Why are so many Etruscan masterworks in America? For...

The King's Agent

Author

Donna Russo Morin

"Russo Morin skillfully blends historical fiction and fantasy in surprising ways. She draws effortlessly upon influences ranging from Dante to Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the authority of her presentation makes the world she’s created come alive. A wonderfully action-packed ride through the...

Utopia Parkway: The Life and Work of Joseph Cornell

Author	Deborah Solomon
ISBN	0878466843

No artist ever led a stranger life than Joseph Cornell, the self-taught American genius prized for his disquieting shadow boxes, who stands at the intersection of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism and Pop art. Legends about Cornell abound--as the shy hermit, the devoted family caretaker, the...

Joseph Cornell: Master of Dreams

Author	Diane Waldman
ISBN	0810912279

"Out of the fantasies that enriched a private, often reclusive life, Joseph Cornell created a "poetic theater of memory." His box constructions and collages feature such characters as a Medici princess, birds, ballerinas, and movie stars. Using the seemingly commonplace materials that he collected...

Jackson Pollock: An American Saga

Author	Gregory White Smith
ISBN	0913391190

I've always liked Jackson Pollock's paintings but never really knew that much about him personally. Well, OK, I knew he was an angry drunk & a nice guy when sober. I knew he had major fame after a Life Magazine article about him. I knew most of his work. I even knew he died in a car accident. But this book...