Finding Nemon: The Extraordinary Life of the Outsider Who Sculpted the Famous - Softcover

Young, Aurelia; Hale, Julian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 072062066X ISBN 13: 9780720620665

Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

Oscar Nemon (1906–1985) is one of the 20th century's greatest sculptors, as testified by his iconic portraits of elder statesmen and major figures displayed all over the world. His flamboyant personality charmed those who came in contact with him, including Winston Churchill, Sigmund Freud and Queen Elizabeth II. His daughter Aurelia reveals the stories behind his artistic and personal encounters with presidents, prime ministers, royalty and others. She chronicles her father's life from humble origins as a Jew in modern-day Croatia to his refuge from the Nazis in southern England and the life and career he made for himself in and around London. The result is an intimate biography of an artist, husband and father.

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About the Author

JULIAN HALE is a journalist and author of several works of fiction and non-fiction. He worked as a documentary and features producer for BBC Radio 3 and 4 from 1968 to 1973 and from 1978 to 2000. AURELIA YOUNG (Lady Young, b. 1943) is the daughter of Oscar Nemon. She grew up wandering in and out of her father’s studios at the family home in Oxford and later in London. Since his death in 1985, she has been researching her father’s life and gives talks about his life and work in the USA, Paris, Brussels, Israel and across the UK. She married George Young in 1964, an MP for forty-one years and now Lord Young of Cookham.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 072062066X
• ISBN 13: 9780720620665
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224