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Last light, how six great artists made old age a time of triumph, Richard Lacayo

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Richard Lacayo

how six great artists made old age a time of triumph

"One of the nation's top art critics shows how six great artists made old age a time of triumph by producing the greatest work of their long careers--and, in some cases, changing the course of art history"--, Provided by publisherLacayo shows how old age can be a time of daring creativity and triumph in art. He focuses on six artists who produced many of their greatest works in the last years of their long careers-- and sometimes even changed the court of art history. Though they differed in many respects, these six artists shared a determination to go on creating. They were driven not by the bounding energies of youth but by the ticking clock that would inspire them to produce some of their greatest masterpieces. -- adapted from jacket

Introduction -- Titian: the modern artist -- Goya: darkness visible -- Monet: the water cure -- Matisse: Henri Scissorhands -- Edward Hopper: into the light -- Louise Nevelson: my whole life's been late