{"product_id":"desperately-young-artists-who-died-in-their-twenties-hardcover","title":"Desperately Young: Artists Who Died in Their Twenties - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAngela S. Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eVern G. Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesperately Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e introduces the masterpieces left behind by some of the greatest rising stars in fine art - all of whom died before their thirtieth birthday. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrecocious talent seeps from each artist's work, along with a sense of unfulfilled potential. Informative biographies detail their legacies, while their tragic deaths lead us to wonder what heights they might've reached, had their lives not been cut short. Richly illustrated, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesperately Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e presents prime examples of each artist's work, demonstrating how our cultural heritage is just a little narrower for their loss. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Europe to America to Japan and the Indian Subcontinent, the mid-14-hundreds to the late 20th century, this book hails the acknowledged greats and introduces those who died before they could leave an indelible mark on history. A compendium of 109 artists who fell prey to sickness, warfare, heartbreak or bad luck, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesperately Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the only book to provide an in-depth study of artists who died young. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eContents: With works from Tommaso Masaccio, Frédéric Bazille, Thomas Girtin, Egon Schiele, Henri Regnault, Ernst Klimt, Jeanne Hébuterne, Kaita Murayama, Hermann Stenner, Maurycy Gottlieb, Fyodor Vasilyev, Marie Bashkirtseff, Richard Parkes Bonington, Luisa Anguissola, Walter Deverell, August Macke, Pauline Boty and Jean-Michel Basquiat - among many others.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVern G. Swanson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Central Point, Oregon, and studied at Brigham Young University and the University of Utah. He received his doctorate at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Swanson has been researching, authenticating and cataloguing British and Continental classical and academic paintings since 1973. He was Museum Director of Springville Museum of Art, Springville, Utah for thirty-two years until his retirement in 2012. His authored publications include \u003ci\u003eJ.W. Godward: The Eclipse of Classicism\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as two major books on Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, six books on Russian and Soviet art, and five books on Utah painting and sculpture. \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Swanson Jones\u003c\/b\u003e, daughter of Vern Swanson, grew up in an art museum and followed her father throughout the world visiting libraries, galleries and auction houses. Also a graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art (master's degree), she is now the Director of Swanson-Jones Fine Art Consulting and an avid collector and writer in her own right. Her topics of research include Newlyn School Painting and Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Religious Art. She is currently writing a biography and catalogue raisonné on the German painter, Heinrich Hofmann (1824-1911). She has published essays and articles with \u003ci\u003eFine Art Connoisseur\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 11.4 x 9.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45995224039621,"sku":"9781788840842","price":53.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/3PoBBbwrsz9781788840842.webp?v=1774288719","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/desperately-young-artists-who-died-in-their-twenties-hardcover","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}