Full Description
Juliet Heslewood, art historian and author of MotherGreat Artists, brings together a collection of portraits of artists' lovers, through history to the present day. The evolution of such a portrait begins with a unique and intimate relationship. These lovers were important to the artists, each one making an appearance upon canvas or paper, in plaster or stone. Exploring notions of forbidden love, lover as muse, as spouse, as life-long friend, the author tells the stories behind each of the works featured, and what they tell us about the artist, their relationships and their place in history. From Raphael, Rubens and Rossetti to Klimt and Hockney, over forty portraits make up this collection of artists' lovers. A fascinating combination of biographical anecdote and art history, it is also a celebration of relationships, partnership and love.
Contents
Introduction 14 Filippo Lippi 16 Raphael Sanzio 18 Cristofero Allori 20 Peter Paul Rubens 22 Rembrandt van Rijn 24 Allan Ramsay 26 Francisco Goya 28 Theodore Chasseriau 30 John Everett Millais 32 Edouard Manet 34 Anselm Feuerbach 36 Dante Gabriel Rossetti 38 Pierre-August Renoir 40 Charles Auguste Emile Duran (Carolus-Duran) 42 Vincent Van Gogh 44 Pierre Puvis de Chavannes 46 Auguste Rodin 48 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec 50 Georges Seurat 52 Giovanni Segantini 54 Maurice Denis 56 Paul Gauguin 58 Camille Claudel 60 Anna Klumpke 62 Gustav Klimt 64 Augustus John 66 Suzanne Valadon 68 Egon Schiele 70 Marc Chagall 72 Dora Carrington 74 Amadeo Modigliani 76 Man Ray 78 Frida Kahlo 80 Salvador Dali 82 Pablo Picasso 84 Stanley Spencer 86 Eric Gill 88 Lee Miller 90 Astrid Kircherr 92 David Hockney 94 Index 95 Acknowledgements
