The rare and the beautiful - Cressida Connolly
the art, loves, and lives of the Garman sisters
KORTE INHOUD
The garman sisters, who were born in England's Midlands and whose scandalous lives placed them at the center of European cultural activity in the middle of the twentieth century, were famous for their passion for the arts, defiance of convention, and the power to turn heads and break hearts. Their exquisite taste, colorful personalities, and unleashed pursuit of romance earned them a unique place in London's legendary bohemia, inspiring a generation of artists and writers. Kathleen, an enigmatic artist's model and aspiring pianist, was the lover of the controversial American-born sculptor Jacob Epstein, who immortalized her in seven sensual portraits, fathered her three children, and became, at the end of his life, her husband. Kathleen's sister Mary married the maverick poet Roy Campbell, whose verse attack on the Bloomsbury group following Mary's affair with Vita Sackville-West caused a literary scandal. Mary and Roy, enamored by Mediterranean culture and lifestyle, lived in Spain, Portugal, and the south o...
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Original publisher's gray paper-covered boards, title spine, pictorial dustjacket, 8vo: frontispiece, xvi, 320pp., illustrations, sources, bibliography, acknowledgements, credits, index. Very fine copy. London, Ecco [HarperCollinsPublishers]. 2004 [Auteur: CONNOLLY, CRESSIDA] [Jaar: 2004] [Titel: The Art, Loves and Lives of the Garman Sisters. The Rare and the Beautiful.]
