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Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist
Nicholas Foulkes
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Description for Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist
Paperback. It is said that asphyxiation brings on a state of hallucinatory intoxication.. in which case the 71 year old artist who lay in his sprawling Provencal villa died happy. This book tells the story of a French figurative painter who tasted unprecedented critical and commercial success at an age when his contemporaries were still at art school. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD; ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 36. Weight in Grams: 370.
It is said that asphyxiation brings on a state of hallucinatory intoxication...in which case the 71 year old artist who lay in his sprawling Provencal villa died happy. In the early afternoon of Monday 4 October 1999, wracked with Parkinson's, and unable to paint because of a fall in which he had broken his wrist, Bernard Buffet calmly placed a plastic bag over his head, taped it tight around his neck and patiently waited the few minutes it took for death to arrive. Bernard Buffet:The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist tells the remarkable story ... Read more
It is said that asphyxiation brings on a state of hallucinatory intoxication...in which case the 71 year old artist who lay in his sprawling Provencal villa died happy. In the early afternoon of Monday 4 October 1999, wracked with Parkinson's, and unable to paint because of a fall in which he had broken his wrist, Bernard Buffet calmly placed a plastic bag over his head, taped it tight around his neck and patiently waited the few minutes it took for death to arrive. Bernard Buffet:The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist tells the remarkable story ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Random House UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099594222
SKU
V9780099594222
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-43
About Nicholas Foulkes
Nicholas Foulkes is the author of over 20 books. His most recent include, Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist and Patek Phillipe: The Authorized Biography. His books have been published by Little, Brown, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Flammarion, Assouline, Random House and Thomas Dunne Books in the USA. He contributes to a ... Read more
Reviews for Bernard Buffet: The Invention of the Modern Mega-artist
splendidly unstuffy... first class
The Times
[a] fascinating account
Bill Prince
Telegraph Luxury
[a] thoroughly researched account of a life tinged with sadness, spent mostly in the studio, compulsively painting
The Independent
Foulkes is really good at, the thing with which this book is happily stuffed, is ... Read more
The Times
[a] fascinating account
Bill Prince
Telegraph Luxury
[a] thoroughly researched account of a life tinged with sadness, spent mostly in the studio, compulsively painting
The Independent
Foulkes is really good at, the thing with which this book is happily stuffed, is ... Read more