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The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

Hardcover • 2016 • English

The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

By Sebastian Smee

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About the book

Pulitzer Prize winning art critic Sebastian Smee tells the fascinating story of four pairs of artists Manet and Degas, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, Freud and Bacon whose fraught, competitive friendships spurred them to new creative heights. Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows eight celebrated artists, each linked to a counterpart by friendship, admiration, envy, and ambition. All eight are house...Show more

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ISBN

9780812994803

Publisher

Random House

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

The Art of Rivalry: Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art

Format

Hardcover

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