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Category: Book
Author: Ambroise Vollard
Publisher: Dover Publications
Studio: Dover Publications
Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Label: Dover Publications
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.3 x 0.9
ISBN: 0486428524
Dewey Decimal Number: 380.1457092
EAN: 9780486428529
ASIN: 0486428524
Publication Date: January 13, 2003
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Product Description
Art merchant and bon vivant Vollard (1867?1939) recounts captivating anecdotes from his professional and social life: selling the works of Cezanne; partying with Renoir, Forain, Degas, and Rodin; the studios and personalities of Manet, Matisse, Picasso, and Rousseau; and encounters with Gertrude Stein, Zola, other noteworthies. 33 illustrations.
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 Anecdotes from a discrete dealer August 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This memoir is really a collection of anecdotes, which taken together give a vivid impression of a hardworking networking merchant with very good taste.
His energy and determination would have made him a fearsome competitor in what is always a fiercely competitive business. His taste made him memorable.
Interesting from a historical perspective, but essentially a lightweight book.
Great Insight June 14, 2003
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
As an actual "Master Graphics" art dealer, dealing Picasso, Miro', Chagall etc. I found the book to be a great insight. Managing artist-dealer realtionships is the hardest aspect of being a great dealer, and is what made Vollard so huge! The previous reader, read this book for the wrong reasons. It's not a handbook, nor intended to be one, on establishing you own business as an artist. You will not find any 'hidden secrets'. If you are an art dealer and want to have an insight as to the mastery of Vollard's ability to manage both the artist and the client, this is your book. If your a 'wannabe' great artist, then this 'capatilistic' point of view will not serve you at all.
 A great disappointment April 8, 2003
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
This is the greatest art dealer of all time - who reprented Manet, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, and Gauguin !! But the book, after the first 150 pages, all I can say is big disappointment.
I don't even have the motivation to read on. The book is full of stuff unrelated to art or artists. All the time the writer talked about uninteresting anectidocts that few would care, such as how he went to a threater and what he did there with a unknown art buyer, etc. The translation is a disgrace too. Fresh from the 1930s, British English, which makes it truly miserable to read. A great match for the writing style though. The writer, obviously, knew nothing about how to write an interesting book. It makes me wonder how in the world can such a man become an art dealer for so many greatest artists on earth. the worest thing: It has nothing about how to become an art dealer and how an art dealer works and what makes them succeed. As an "up-coming" digital painting artist myself, I strongly recommend readers who are interested in art to read the books by SISTER WENDY and "Art of the 20th Century" by JEAN-LOUIS FERRIER which are great art books.
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