N.C. Wyeth: A Biography - Couverture rigide

Michaelis, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0679426264 ISBN 13 : 9780679426264

Editeur : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998

Synopsis

Book by Michaelis David

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

His name summons up our earliest images of the beloved books we read as children. His illustrations for Scribner's Illustrated Classics (Treasure Island, Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, The Yearling) are etched into the collective memory of generations of readers. He was hailed as the greatest American illustrator of his day. For forty-three years, starting in 1902, N.C. Wyeth painted landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and murals, as well as illustrations for a long shelf of world literature. Yet despite worldwide acclaim, he judged himself a failure, believing that illustration was of no importance.

David Michaelis tells the story of Wyeth's family through four generations -- a saga that begins and ends with tragedy -- and brings to life the huge-spirited, deeply complicated man, and an America that was quickly vanishing.

Biographie de l'auteur

David Michaelis is the author of two bestselling biographies, including N. C. Wyeth (available from Harper Perennial), which won the Ambassador Book Award for Biography and Autobiography, given by the English-Speaking Union of the United States. He lives in New York City.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Alfred A. Knopf
• Date d'édition: 1998
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0679426264
• ISBN 13: 9780679426264
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 565
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Authorised Representative Service; ar.info@doceupoint.com; ; 77 Camden Street Lower; Dublin; Dublin; D02 XE80; Irlande