1 option
Louise Nevelson. Art is life. / Laurie Wilson.
Fine Arts Library NB237.N43 W54 2016
Available
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Laurie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nevelson, Louise, 1899-1988.
- Nevelson, Louise.
- Sculptors--United States--Biography.
- Sculptors.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 506 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Farnborough : Thames & Hudson Ltd., 2016.
- Summary:
- Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) was, with Calder, Noguchi and David Smith, one of the great American sculptors of the 20th century. She created extraordinary work, from room-size installations composed of boxes to gnarled and majestic steel structures. Her life story is no less interesting. She was born in czarist Russia, but her family emigrated to the States and she grew up in Maine. Nevelson endured a repressive marriage to a New York millionaire, whom she escaped to pursue the life of an artist. She gained recognition as an abstract sculptor at the age of 59, and spent the next 30 years taking the art world by storm, becoming a colourful New York personality and minor celebrity. Laurie Wilson, who knew Nevelson personally, draws extensively on her own research in this crisp new biography. She conducted interviews not just with Nevelson but with her siblings, son, and gallery owner Arne Glimcher. Wilson has also had complete access to Glimcher's archives, Nevelson's personal assistant, Diana Mackown, and Lippincott studios, where much of Nevelson's work was cast, among others.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Russian roots 1899-1905
- Rockland childhood 1905-1918
- Marriage and motherhood 1920-1929
- Art at last 1929-1934
- The beginning of sculpture 1934-1940
- Surrealism 1940-1946
- Death and restoration 1946-1953
- A forgotten village 1954-1957
- Moon garden breakthrough 1957-1960
- Glittering glory 1960-1962
- Icarus 1962-1963
- Architect of reflection 1964-1966
- Empress of the environment 1966-1968
- Mistress of transformation 1969-1971
- La signora of Spring Street 1972-1974
- Large scale 1975-1976
- "The Nevelson" 1967-1988
- The chapel and the palace 1977-1979
- A big birthday 1980-1985
- The end 1985-1988
- Epilogue. Endnotes
- Selected bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780500094013
- 0500094012
- OCLC:
- 958377961
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.