Writers on Artists

by Daniel Halpern

Daniel Halpern has gathered together essays by over forty distinguished writers who discuss artists, works, or genres of visual art that have profoundly inspired or disturbed them. Now available in paperback, this volume covers a broad spectrum of world art history, ranging from Italian Renaissance painting to the abstract modern art of the twentieth century. Here one finds Ford Madox Ford writing on Holbein, Sartre on Tintoretto, Genet on Rembrandt, Proust on Chardin, Elizabeth Bishop on Gregorio Valdes, Randall Jarrell on abstract expressionism, and many other stimulating combinations. Each selection is accompanied by a full-page reproduction of the artist's work.

378 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Todd Glaeser · Rating 3 out of 5]

Like any anthology, a somewhat mixed bag. I would have enjoyed it more if every art work mentioned was pictured. Google does make it easier to view the works than it would have been in 1988.