Alma Mahler: Or the Art of Being Loved

by Françoise Giroud

Book Overview

Born in 1879, the daughter of a Viennese painter, Alma Mahler inspired the passionate love and devotion of an astonishing array of creative artists. She married three of them--the composer Gustav Mahler, the architect Walter Gropius, and the writer Franz Werfel--and had a host of admirers and lovers, including the painters Oscar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele, and Gustav Klimpt. The composer Alban Berg dedicated his opera Wozzeck to her and a violin concerto...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198161565
• ISBN13: 9780198161561
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"