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Painting friends: the Beaver Hall women painters
Par Barbara Meadowcroft. 1999
10 women met at a Montreal art school in the early part of the 20th century, and soon decided to…
form a group and function as professional painters. Much like the Group of Seven, with whom the Beaver Hall Hill Group exhibited in the 1920s and '30s, Emily Coonan, Prudence Heward, Mabel Lockerby and the rest of the group worked successfully both in Canada and internationally, though their story has been overlooked by art historians until recently. The author demonstrates how the support the women gave each other was essential to their success in the male-dominated art world, and discusses their paintings in the context of the social and political circumstances of the period. 1999.Out of this century: confessions of an art addict
Par Peggy Guggenheim. 1946
Jouer avec le feu: Armand Vaillancourt, sculpteur engagé
Par John K Grande, Monique Crépault. 2001
Première biographie consacrée à un sculpteur de réputation internationale et activiste engagé, Armand Vaillancourt. L'auteur retrace les principaux événements qui…
ont ponctué la carrière du légendaire artiste, et reconstitue le contexte de ses principales oeuvres. 2001. Titre uniforme: Playing with fire.O'Keefe and Stieglitz: an American romance
Par Benita Eisler. 1991
This dual biography chronicles the 30-year relationship between photographer/gallery owner Alfred Stieglitz and painter Georgia O'Keeffe. Twenty-three years older than…
Georgia, Alfred introduced her into his exclusive New York art circle and acted as her dealer while she often posed as his model. They married in 1924. 1991.Norval Morrisseau: man changing into thunderbird
Par Armand Garnet Ruffo. 2014
Norval Morrisseau (1932–2007), Ojibway shaman-artist, drew his first sketches at age six in the sand on the shores of Lake…
Nipigon. By the end of his tumultuous life, the prolific self-taught artist was sought by collectors, imitated by forgers and received the Order of Canada. Ruffo evokes the artist's life from childhood to death, including his breakthrough exhibition at the Pollock Gallery in Toronto; his heartwrenching battle with alcoholism, then Parkinson's disease; and exultant "Shaman's Return" to national status in the Canadian art scene and his solo show at The National Gallery of Canada. Ruffo also draws upon his own Ojibway heritage and experiences to provide insight into Morrisseau’s life and iconography from an Ojibway perspective. 2014.Northern light: the enduring mystery of Tom Thomson and the woman who loved him
Par Roy MacGregor. 2010
The author re-examines the mysteries of Tom Thomson's life, loves and violent death in the definitive non-fiction account. Why does…
a man who died almost a century ago and painted relatively little still have such a grip on our imagination? 2010.My life at Grey Gardens, 13 months and beyond: a true and factual book
Par Lois Wright. 1978
Edith Bouvier Beale and her daughter Edie led an unconventional existence in Grey Gardens, a mansion in East Hampton surrounded…
by overgrown gardens and filled with fleas, cats, raccoons, and old rubbish. In 1975, they invited family friend Lois Wright to live with them. Lois' journal offers an intimate look at the daily lives of the Beales, and chronicles the events from Lois's arrival at the house through Edith's death in 1977. 2007, c1978.Monet
Par Pascal Bonafoux. 2007
"Au jour le jour de sa correspondance - car Monet ne cesse d'écrire, de compter et surtout de douter -…
voici le récit d'une vie magnifique obsédée par l'accomplissement d'une oeuvre sublime". Par un écrivain et historien de l'art qui a déjà consacré plusieurs ouvrages à des peintres, notamment Van Gogh et Cézanne. 2007.Michaelangelo
Par Diane Stanley. 2000
A biography of the Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect, and poet known for his work on the Sistine Chapel and St.…
Peter's Cathedral in Rome. Describes how his seventeen-foot-high marble statue of David established young Michelangelo's reputation as "the greatest sculptor in all of Italy." Grades 4-7. 2000.Matisse the master: a life of Henri Matisse : the conquest of colour, 1909-1954
Par Hilary Spurling. 2005
Hilary Spurling's exploration of Matisse's world uncovers the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and infuriated his contemporaries…
while paving the way for modern art. This second 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. 2005.Être ici est une splendeur: vie de Paula M. Becker
Par Marie Darrieussecq. 2016
Paula Modersohn-Becker voulait peindre et c'est tout. Elle était amie avec Rilke. Elle n'aimait pas tellement être mariée. Elle aimait…
le riz au lait, la compote de pommes, marcher dans la lande, Gauguin, Cézanne, les bains de mer, être nue au soleil, lire plutôt que gagner sa vie, et Paris. Elle voulait peut-être un enfant - sur ce point ses journaux et ses lettres sont ambigus. Elle a existé en vrai, de 1876 à 1907. 2016.Martha Graham, a dancer's life: A Dancer's Life
Par Russell Freedman. 1998
Biography of a modern dance pioneer who died in 1991 at ninety-six. Details her career as dancer, choreographer, and teacher.…
Also describes her personal life, including her relationship with older musician Louis Horst and her marriage to much younger dancer Erick Hawkins. Junior and Senior High. c1998.Mao's last dancer
Par Cunxin Li. 2003
This is the true story of how, by the thinnest thread of a chance, one moment in time changed the…
course of a small boy's life in ways that are beyond imagination. One day he would dance with some of the greatest ballet companies of the world. One day he would be a friend to a president and first lady, movie stars and the most influential people in America. One day he would become a star: Mao's last dancer, and the darling of the West. Here is Li Cunxin's own story, a beautiful, rich account of an inspirational life, told with honesty, dignity and pride. 2003.Life with Picasso
Par Françoise Gilot, Carlton Lake. 1964
Life with Lindsay & Crouse
Par Cornelia Otis Skinner. 1976
Famous actress offers a portrait of one of the most engaging and successful playwright teams in the history of the…
American theater. Lindsay and Crouse collaborated on such hits as "Life with Father," "State of the Union," and "Sound of Music." 1976.Many masks: a life of Frank Lloyd Wright
Par Brendan Gill. 1987
Chronicles the turbulent career and private life of the American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. The author's personal friendship with Wright…
and his family provides insights into the architect's creative and cantankerous personality. 1987.Chiriaeff: danser pour ne pas mourir : biographie
Par 1941 Forget Nicolle. 2006
Ludmilla Chiriaeff a marqué l'histoire de la danse au Québec. Arrivée à Montréal en 1952 avec son mari, ses deux…
enfants et enceinte d'un troisième, elle avait pour seul bagage sa passion pour la danse. La traversée en Amérique, c'est l'espoir, pour elle, de se faire une place après avoir connu les affres de la guerre et de la Gestapo. Véritable femme orchestre, Ludmilla a dansé, chorégraphié, formé des danseurs, créé et administré des compagnies. Sa vie de femme dans tout cela? Trois maris, cinq enfants, la maladie et la certitude d'avoir fait ce qu'elle devait faire. 2006.La vie prodigieuse de Gauguin
Par Maurice Malingue. 1987
Enfin une vie de Gauguin débarrassée de sa légende, de ses erreurs, de ses clichés faciles qui ont successivement présenté…
l'artiste comme un matelot sans instruction, un banquier peintre du dimanche. Maurice Malingue nous livre aujourd'hui un passionnant portrait qui, loin du roman-feuilleton, restitue la réalité d'une vie et d'une oeuvre si riches et si complexes. 1987.Leonardo da Vinci
Par Walter Isaacson. 2017
Based on thousands of pages from Leonardo's astonishing notebooks and new discoveries about his life and work, Walter Isaacson weaves…
a narrative that connects his art to his science. He shows how Leonardo's genius was based on skills we can improve in ourselves, such as passionate curiosity, careful observation, and an imagination so playful that it flirted with fantasy. He produced the two most famous paintings in history, The Last Supper and the Mona Lisa. But in his own mind, he was just as much a man of science and technology. With a passion that sometimes became obsessive, he pursued innovative studies of anatomy, fossils, birds, the heart, flying machines, botany, geology, and weaponry. His ability to stand at the crossroads of the humanities and the sciences, made iconic by his drawing of Vitruvian Man, made him history's most creative genius. 2017.Leonardo da Vinci: the flights of the mind (Penguin Celebrations Ser.)
Par Charles Nicholl. 2007
Biography of Renaissance artist, philosopher, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519). Author examines Leonardo's notebooks and contemporary manuscripts to search…
for the man behind the myth. Progresses chronologically through Leonardo's life and career and portrays his complexity and variety of interests. 2007, c2004.