Louise Nevelson: A Passionate Life

by Laurie Lisle

Book Overview

The only biography of this important American sculptor, Louise Nevelson is the story of an artist who became a legend in her time. Born in a Russian village, she grew up in Maine and married a wealthy New Yorker. As her dedication to art grew, she abandoned her husband and neglected her son. She found inspiration in old wood, creating a rich iconography of blackened images. After achieving success at the age of sixty, she adopted an exotic persona...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671675168
• ISBN13: 9780671675165
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Summit Books
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.71 lbs.

Customer Reviews

excellent biography of "high priestess of modern sculpture"

Louise Nevelson really is one of the great American stories; she came to this country penniless and torn from her country and roots, without identity. she struggled to find exactly who she was and what her art meant to her, often to the detriment of her relationships and far outside the norm of the social expectations of the time. an extremely thorough and well-researched book (the author extensively interviewed the artist herself) that's not always flattering to Nevelson. the author does explore her tendencies toward neurosis, guilt and depression, though always bringing back into context with the development of her artistic vision. the definitive biography of Nevelson, in my opinion.