Diary of an Artist

Soyer, Raphael

ISBN 10: 0915220296 / ISBN 13: 9780915220298

Published by New Republic Books, Washington D.C., 1977

About this Item

Cloth, xiv, 316 pages, illustrations; 27 cm. PRESENTATION COPY. Signed by the artist Raphael Soyer, with a personalized inscription to Eli [Luria], accompanied by a portrait sketch in ink. A very good copy, age toned. Dust jacket price-clipped on the front flap, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar cover. Size: 4to.

Seller Inventory # 109674

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Diary of an Artist
• Publisher: New Republic Books, Washington D.C.
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0915220296
• ISBN 13: 9780915220298
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Well-illustrated
• Edition: 1st.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: SIGNED
• Book Type: Collectible
• Seller catalogs:
  • Movements::Realism
  • Rare & Obscure
  • Genre & Subject::Religious::Judaica
  • USA::6. Late Modern, 1945-1999
  • XXX::COLLECTIBLES
  • XXL::Extra Extra Large

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Synopsis

In Diary Of An Artist, Soyer eloquently reminisces about his travels throughout Europe; his impressions of great paintings hung in the museums of Paris, London, Rome, Florence, and the Soviet Union; and his affection for the works of Rembrandt, Degas, Cezanne, Eakins, and other art geniuses. His conversations with his colleagues of twentieth-century art, including Edward Hopper, Jack Levine, Leonard Baskin, and Henry Moore, elicit rarely articulated philosophies behind their work. And in the most autobiographical section, Soyer acknowledges the profound influence his family and friends have had on his work, as he recounts his emigration from Russia and his training and development as an artist.