The Writer's Brush: Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture by Writers - Couverture rigide

Friedman, Donald

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0922811768 ISBN 13 : 9780922811762

Editeur : Welcome Enterprises, Inc, 2007

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

"The itch to make dark marks on paper is shared by many writers and artists," begins John Updike in his essay in The Writer's Brush, and this stunning collection will amaze lovers of the literary and fine arts alike. Author Donald Friedman has gathered 400 paintings, drawings, and scultpure--many from private collections, never before published--by more than 200 of the world's most famous writers, including 13 Nobel laureates.

The result is astounding. Whether viewing the beautiful landscapes that Hermann Hesse credited with saving his life, the manuscript sketches that Fyodor Dostoevsky made of his characters, or the can-can dancers secretly drawn by Joseph Conrad, readers of The Writer's Brush will gain new insights into the lives and minds of their favorite writers and the nature of the creative process itself.

Accompanying the artwork are fascinating biographies that provide little-known details of the writers' lives in the visual arts and offer the writers' own observations on their art and the relationships they saw between word and image. While written for a broad audience, The Writer's Brush is also an essential reference work, with alphabetical and chronological listings of its subjects and an extensive bibliography.

As Friedman notes in his introduction, for many of the writers anthologized here, a coin toss could have determined whether to spend the day standing in a smock or seated with a pen. The Writer's Brush brings together for the first time--in one unique, affordable volume--both worlds of these writers in the definitive work of the writer-artist.

Revue de presse :

In this hefty volume, novelist Friedman takes a look at the artwork of more than 200 authors who found other avenues for expression in drawing, painting or sculpting. Aside from the familiar illustrations of Edward Gorey, Beatrix Potter and (to a lesser extent) Kurt Vonnegut, Friedman also unearths work from literary heavyweights past and present, including the Bronte sisters, Herman Hesse, Rudyard Kipling, Colleen McCullough, Vladamir Nabokov, John Updike and Jonathan Lethem. Each entry offers a short biography and passages from journals, letters or interviews illuminating the author’s reasons for picking up pen or paint; according to Elizabeth Bishop, for instance, writers make a “frequent complaint that painting is more fun than writing.” Examples of authors’ art, one or two from each subject, are handsomely reproduced in vivid color alongside the text. Friedman also covers a long list of writers whose artworks couldn’t be located or secured for publication, and essays by William H. Gass and Updike provide perspective. Sure to cover at least a few of any given lit fan’s favorites, Friedman’s volume provides hours of fascinating browsing, and makes a perfect coffee table book for the avid reader. -Publishers Weekly starred review

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Welcome Enterprises, Inc
• Date d'édition: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0922811768
• ISBN 13: 9780922811762
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 480