Recollections of Henri Rousseau (The Lives of the Artists)

Recollections of Henri Rousseau (The Lives of the Artists)

by RalphThompson (Translator), WilhelmUhde (Author), Wilhelm Uhde (Author), Nancy Ireson (Introduction), Ralph Thompson (Translator), NancyIreson (Introduction), Wilhelm Uhde (Author)

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Format: Illustrated
Pages: 96
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Publisher: Pallas Athene Publishers
Published: 07 Jun 2018

ISBN 10: 1843681625
ISBN 13: 9781843681625

Author Bio
Wilhelm Uhde (1874-1947), born in Brandenburg, moved to Paris in 1904, and quickly became involved with the avant-garde. He opened a gallery in 1908, where he showed Picasso, Braque, Delaunay and others, and wrote the first book on Rousseau in 1911. As an enemy alien his collection was confiscated by the French state and later sold. He organized the first exhibition of nai ve art in 1928, and his involvement with one of the artists was the theme of the 2008 film Se raphine. In hiding for much of the war, he died in Paris shortly after.