SACRED MONSTERS, SACRED MASTERS

DescriptionSACRED MONSTERS, SACRED MASTERS is a gallery of profiles of some of the most curious and creative figures that John Richardson has e ncountered during a career of more than fifty years. The subjects range from the monstrous art collector, Dr Barnes of Philadelphia to Peggy Guggenheim, Cecil Beaton, the Sitwells, Dali and such contemporary figures as the painters Brice Marden and Lucian Freud. J ohn Richardson's reputation was established internationally with the publication of the first volumes of his monumental biography of Picasso, described by Robert huges as the most Illuminating biography yet written on a twentieth- century artist. Sacred monsters, sacred masters is a gallery of profiles of some of the most curious and creative figures that John Richardson has e ncountered during a career of more than fifty years. The subjects range from the monstrous art collector, Dr Barnes of Philadelphia to Peggy Guggenheim, Cecil Beaton, the Sitwells, Dali...