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Artists' Lives by Michael Peppiatt

This book is a selection of some of his best biographical writing and covers a wide spectrum of modern art, from Van Gogh and Pierre Bonnard to personal conversations with painter Sonia Delaunay, artist Dora Maar, who was Picasso's lover in the 1930s and 1940s, and Francis Bacon, perhaps the most famous of the many artists with whom Peppiatt has formed personal friendships. Michael Peppiatt's lively, engaging writing takes us into the company of many notable art-world personalities, such as the Catalan painter Antoni Tapies, whom he visits in his studio, and moments of disillusion.