{"product_id":"luminous-lives-a-biography-of-anna-eva-bergman-hardcover","title":"Luminous Lives: A Biography of Anna-Eva Bergman - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Schlesser\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eCharles Penwarden\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong neglected by art historians, Anna-Eva Bergman (1909-87) was a painter of major importance who invested her work with an almost mystical ambition. The story of her life, told for the first time in this meticulously researched biography, is extraordinary: a Norwegian childhood that was constantly overshadowed by fear; a bohemian and adventurous youth that spanned much of Europe; a career as an illustrator; encounters in Nazi Germany; increasingly severe health problems; three marriages, two of which were to the same man (Bergman's fellow artist Hans Hartung); and a tragic end in the splendour of their villa in Antibes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut above all Bergman's was a life dedicated to creation, often in defiance of fashion. Only recently has the scale of her achievement begun to be adequately acknowledged. Bergman undoubtedly enjoyed a distinguished career, crossing paths with such key artists as Wassily Kandinsky, Pierre Soulages and Mark Rothko. In many respects, however, she remained a marginal figure--little known in her homeland, and championed by only a handful of allies in France and the rest of Europe. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharacterised by the use of gold and silver leaf and by the distinctive rhythm of her lines, Bergman's paintings are hieratic and simplified, radical evocations of the great structuring forces of the universe--minerals, the elements, and even time itself. Thomas Schlesser's biography, which draws upon the considerable body of written material that Bergman left behind, at long last enables us to understand this extraordinary artist in all the complexity of her character and the dramatic circumstances of her life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Schlesser (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Schlesser is Director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation and a professor at the ﾉcole polytechnique in Paris. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Penwarden (Translated by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Charles Penwarden is a translator based in Paris. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 486\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 8.74 x 5.67 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726663454783,"sku":"9781912475155","price":79.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ab1819170f901870692e92c3c3a7cf17.webp?v=1765111843","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/luminous-lives-a-biography-of-anna-eva-bergman-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}