A generous vision : the creative life of Elaine de Kooning / Cathy Curtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Curtis, Cathy (Writer on art), author.

Series:

Oxford cultural biographies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

De Kooning, Elaine.

Painters--United States--Biography.

Painters.

Women painters.

United States.

Women painters--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 292 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 2017.

Summary:

The first biography of Elaine de Kooning, 'A Generous Vision' portrays a woman whose intelligence, droll sense of humor, and generosity of spirit endeared her to friends and gave her a starring role in the close-knit world of New York artists. Her zest for adventure and freewheeling spending were as legendary as her ever-present cigarette. Flamboyant and witty in person, she was an incisive art writer who expressed maverick opinions in a deceptively casual style. As a painter, she melded Abstract Expressionism with a lifelong interest in bodily movement to capture subjects as diverse as President John F. Kennedy, basketball players, and bullfights. In her romantic life, she went her own way, always keen for male attention. But she credited her husband, Willem de Kooning, as her greatest influence; rather than being overshadowed by his fame, she worked 'in his light.'0.

Contents:

1 Drawing and Discovering 1

2 Life with Bill 21

3 Black Mountain, Provincetown, and the Women Paintings 39

4 Illuminating Art 53

5 East Hampton, Pro Sports, and the Separation 65

6 Enchantment 91

7 Loft Life, Speaking Out, and European Vistas 107

8 Portraits as Moments and Memory 137

9 Painting the President 157

10 Caretaking and Cave Paintings 173.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780190498474

0190498471

9780190498504

0190498501

OCLC:

973920611