Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of Józef Czapski : The 20th-Century Art And Life Of Jozef Czapski
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
1681372843
ISBN-13
9781681372846
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Publisher
New York Review Books
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New York Review Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 6th, 2018
Print length
496 Pages
Weight
712 grams
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22.80 x 16.30 x 2.70 cms
Product Classification:
History of art / art & design stylesHistory of artIndividual artists, art monographsIndividual photographersIndividual photographersIndividual architects & architectural firmsIndividual architects and architectural firmsBiography: generalBiography: generalLGBTQIA+ Studies / topicsGay & Lesbian studies
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A compelling biography of the Polish painter and writer Józef Czapski that takes readers to Paris in the Roaring Twenties, to the front lines during WWII, and into the late 20th-century art world.
Józef Czapski (1896–1993) lived many lives during his ninety-six years. He was a student in Saint Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the roaring twenties. As a Polish reserve officer fighting against the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second World War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. For reasons unknown to this day, he was one of the very few excluded from Stalin’s sanctioned massacres of Polish officers. He never returned to Poland after the war, but worked tirelessly in Paris to keep alive awareness of the plight of his homeland, overrun by totalitarian powers. Czapski was a towering public figure, but painting gave meaning to his life. Eric Karpeles, also a painter, reveals Czapski’s full complexity, pulling together all the threads of this remarkable life.
Józef Czapski (1896–1993) lived many lives during his ninety-six years. He was a student in Saint Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the roaring twenties. As a Polish reserve officer fighting against the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second World War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. For reasons unknown to this day, he was one of the very few excluded from Stalin’s sanctioned massacres of Polish officers. He never returned to Poland after the war, but worked tirelessly in Paris to keep alive awareness of the plight of his homeland, overrun by totalitarian powers. Czapski was a towering public figure, but painting gave meaning to his life. Eric Karpeles, also a painter, reveals Czapski’s full complexity, pulling together all the threads of this remarkable life.
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