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Artful lives : Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles / Beth Gates Warren.
LIBRA TR139 .W365 2011
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Warren, Beth Gates.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weston, Edward, 1886-1958.
- Weston, Edward.
- Mather, Margrethe, 1885 or 1886-1952.
- Mather, Margrethe.
- Weston, Edward, 1886-1958--Friends and associates.
- Photographers--United States--Biography.
- Photographers.
- Friends and associates.
- United States.
- Los Angeles (Calif.)--Intellectual life--20th century.
- Los Angeles (Calif.).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 382 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Other Title:
- Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, [2011]
- Summary:
- This narrative biography of early twentieth-century modernist photographer Edward Weston tells the tale of the bohemian art scene in the golden age of Hollywood and explores the lives and work of the luminaries of the era including Charlie Chaplin, Max Eastman, and Vaslav Nijinsky. The work focuses on the tumultuous relationship between Weston and Margrethe Mather and details his eventual erasure of all traces of her influence from his memoirs and notes. The text includes numerous black and white photographs and will appeal to general readers with an interest in bohemian Hollywood and the early art photography scene. Warren is an independent scholar and fine art photographer. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Edward Weston-a Midwestern upbringing, 1886-1905
- Weston takes on Tropico, 1906-1912
- Margrethe Mather-an inauspicious start, 1886-1912
- The City of the Angels, 1850-1913
- Getting established, early 1913
- Getting acquainted, late 1913 to 1914
- Challenges, 1915
- Outside influences, 1916
- The tide turns, 1917
- War and pestilence, 1918
- Exhilaration, 1919
- Seeking acclaim, 1920
- Fame and angst, 1921
- Tragedies and triumphs, 1922
- Endings and beginnings, 1923
- Epilogue
- Afterword.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781606060704
- 1606060708
- OCLC:
- 691205797
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