The Unknown Matisse : Man of the North, 1869-1908
by Spurling, Hilary
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0140176047
- ISBN 13
- 9780140176049
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Synopsis
'Hilary Spurling's THE UNKNOWN MATISSE is a truly wonderful biography. Her prose is muscular, rhythmical, carrying a lot of information, yet swift, enthralling. She has done for Matisse what George Painter famously did for Proust in the 1950s. Besides being a first-rate scholar, she is an artist in narrative who has unearthed a fascinating story and told it brilliantly. I rate this first volume with the first volume of Richard Holmes's COLERIDGE . Both books mark a climax in what has been called a golden age of modern biography which began with Richard Ellman's JAMES JOYCE. It is a terrific achievement." Michael Holroyd
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GRP14133135
- Title
- The Unknown Matisse : Man of the North, 1869-1908
- Author
- Spurling, Hilary
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0140176047
- ISBN 13
- 9780140176049
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- April 27, 2000