Pierre Assouline, Author . Thames and Hudson $34.95 (280p) ISBN 978-0-500-51223-4
Often called the father of photojournalism, Cartier-Bresson tried to give up photography as a profession four times in his life, returning to his first love, painting, repeatedly—but he always kept his Leica in his pocket. The Frenchman...
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Pierre Assouline, Author Grove/Atlantic $24.95 (411p) ISBN 978-0-8021-1227-9
Kahnweiler, a banker with German-Jewish roots, found his true calling when he established a gallery in Paris in 1907. He eventually became the dean of European art dealers through his courageous and uncompromising support of cubism. At a time when...
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Pierre Assouline, Author, Charles Ruas, Translator Fromm International $14.95 (411p) ISBN 978-0-88064-131-9
Kahnweiler (1884-1979), a German-Jewish banker, established a Paris gallery in 1907 and championed artists including Picasso, Braque, Leger and Gris. According to PW , ``Assouline's meticulously researched and fluidly translated biography...
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Pierre Assouline, Author, Willard Wood, Translator, Anthony Roberts, Translator Vendome Press $27.5 (304p) ISBN 978-0-86565-241-5
This account of the life of Paul Durand-Ruel, a renowned dealer in Impressionist paintings, is not so much a biography as a breezy, rambling account of the French art world in the second half of the 19th century, with Durand-Ruel as a focal point...
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Pierre Assouline, Author, John Rothschild, Translator Alfred A. Knopf $32.5 (447p) ISBN 978-0-679-40285-5
The life of Belgian writer Georges Simenon (1903-1989) is a tale of rags to wretched excess. Precocious and prodigious in word and deed, Simenon landed his first newspaper job at 16 and by his late 20s had cranked out volumes of pseudonymous pulp...
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Pierre Assouline, Author, Harold J. Salemson, Translator Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $35 (430p) ISBN 978-0-15-134293-8
A life of the eponymous founder of the illustrious French publishing house is indeed a traversal of the major artistic, economic and political currents in French literary publishing during this century. Assouline has done a remarkable job in weaving
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