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1 de ene. de 2004 · During most of her life, Peggy Guggenheim, an offshoot of the famously wealthy New York Jewish family, was known as much for her alcoholic and romantic escapades as for her activities as a collector and promoter of art, but her importance in the latter role has become clearer in hindsight.
1 de ene. de 2004 · Mary V. Dearborn. 3.73. 344 ratings49 reviews. Peggy Guggenheim emerges in Mistress of Modernism as the ultimate self-invented woman, a cultural mover and shaker who broke away from her poor-little-rich-girl origins to shape a life for herself as the enfant terrible of the art world. Peggy's visionary Art of This Century gallery in New York ...
Peggy Guggenheim emerges in Mistress of Modernism as the ultimate self-invented woman, a cultural mover and shaker who broke away from her poor-little-rich-girl origins to shape a life for herself as the enfant terrible of the art world. Peggy's visionary Art of This Century gallery in New York, which brought together the European surrealist artists with the American abstract expressionists ...
15 de sept. de 2004 · In Mistress of Modernism, Mary V. Dearborn draws upon her unprecedented access to the Guggenheim family, friends, and papers to craft a “thorough biography . . . [that] will appeal to art lovers interested in more than the paint” (Publishers Weekly).
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Mistress of modernism : the life of Peggy Guggenheim by Dearborn, Mary V. Publication date 2004 Topics Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979, Art -- Collectors and collecting -- United States -- Biography, Art -- Collectors and collecting -- Europe -- Biography Publisher Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin
Peggy the woman is a riveting figure. She took lovers at the drop of a hat, but happiness in love eluded her—except perhaps until her 50s and 60s, when she had a long affair with a Venetian twenty years her junior. Commonly thought of as a miser, she was indeed very conscious of where every penny went but was also a lifelong supporter of the ...
