The inspiring connections between the world’s greatest artists
by Susie Hodge
#ArtisticCircles #NetGalley Pub Date 21 Sep 2021
This title includes stories of many artists and their creative connections with others. For each artist featured, there is interesting biographical information, something about these connections and an illustration of the artist. These illustrations reflect each artist’s own style.
There are way too many artists to list here. Some of those included are Sargent, Mondrian, Picasso, Calder, Basquiat and Krasner. I very much enjoyed the biographical anecdotes about each talented artist. The connections are also there often floating above the other text.
This title is well organized. Beneath each artist’s name are those who were influenced. For example, under Georgia O’Keeffe is the name Judy Chicago. Under Judy Chicago’s name are Georgia O’Keeffe, Eva Hesse and Jenny Holzer. This helps readers to see how so many of the artists connected to each other and lets readers hone in on which entries they want to read.
For those who would enjoy a wide-ranging exposure to both well-known and lesser known artists, this book is recommended.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this title which I plan to purchase. All opinions are my own.
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