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Daemons and Angels
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1000 pages, Hardcover
First published June 10, 2002
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June Rose
36 books7 followersJune Rose spent five years exploring the private world of Dr Barnardo's, matching archive material with the memories of staff and children which is documented in her book For the Sake of the Children. Her first excursion into the charitable world, Changing Focus, was written to mark the centenary of the R.N.I.B. Since then her two acclaimed biographies, The Perfect Gentleman, the life of James Miranda Barry, a nineteenth-century woman doctor who masqueraded for forty years as a man, and Elizabeth Fry, the life of the Quaker prison reformer, reflect her concern with social questions.
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October 8, 2021
An excellent introduction to the life and work of the great sculptor.
August 24, 2008
The reader of this biography will find the story of a fairly 'typical' sculpture/artist of his era. Except that being an American, he went to England to become known and to work.
The title refers to the struggles that Epstein went through and the derision his work engendered among the public and experts of his time. By the end of his life, if not revered, Jacob Epstein was certainly honored.
Fascinating lifestyle tidbits about an older wife, younger mistresses and his children. Tragedy and triumph abound in this tale of the artistic lifestyle.
I first ran across Epstein in a photo of his 'Rock Drill' sculpture and the relationship of it to robots in the 'Star Wars' saga.
Some of his best work was destroyed in fits of pique by Victorian minded prudes. Today many of his finest works, unheralded and unsold in his lifetime, now occupy postions of honor and great visibility in public spaces and Museum such as the Tate in England.
A reasonably well written book that occasionally goes off on tangents or delves a bit too far into speculation of poorly documented periods of the subject life. Still a good story of the historical period and a satisfying and complete biography.
The title refers to the struggles that Epstein went through and the derision his work engendered among the public and experts of his time. By the end of his life, if not revered, Jacob Epstein was certainly honored.
Fascinating lifestyle tidbits about an older wife, younger mistresses and his children. Tragedy and triumph abound in this tale of the artistic lifestyle.
I first ran across Epstein in a photo of his 'Rock Drill' sculpture and the relationship of it to robots in the 'Star Wars' saga.
Some of his best work was destroyed in fits of pique by Victorian minded prudes. Today many of his finest works, unheralded and unsold in his lifetime, now occupy postions of honor and great visibility in public spaces and Museum such as the Tate in England.
A reasonably well written book that occasionally goes off on tangents or delves a bit too far into speculation of poorly documented periods of the subject life. Still a good story of the historical period and a satisfying and complete biography.
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