Jack Flam is Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History at Brooklyn College and the Graduate centre of the City University of New York. He has written extensively on nineteenth- and twentieth-century European and American art and his books include Matisse on Art, Matisse: the Man and His Art, 1869-1918, and Les peintures de Picasso: Un theatre mental. He lectures internationally and has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
"Brilliantly details the strange union of this very odd couple."
"Brilliantly details the strange union of this very odd couple."
A critic and Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History at CUNY, Flam has made an intriguing addition to Matisse and Picasso scholarship with this biography of their relationship. As is well known, the two artists engaged in a more or less lifelong professional and social "game of chess." Flam argues that their personalities are inseparable from their artistic output, and he offers the salon support of Gertrude and Leo Stein as the fulcrum for the masters' competition. In this highly readable book, the author examines anecdotes and historical quotes that others quickly brush over or miss entirely. Thus, the book will complement flashier writings by artists, curators, and essayists in the Museum of Modern Art's illustrated Matisse Picasso. Flam nicely mixes evidence and speculation and doesn't shy away from analysis of individual canvases, making this an in-depth and perceptive look at the artists' friends, women, paintings, gossip, and mutual obsession. Recommended for all art collections.-Douglas McClemont, New York Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
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