This is a story about rivalry among artists. Not the kind of rivalry that grows out of hatred and dislike, but rather, rivalry that emerges from admiration, friendship, love. The kind of rivalry that existed between Degas and Manet, Picasso and Matisse, Pollock and de Kooning, and Freud and Bacon. These were some of the most famous and creative relationships in the history of art, driving each individual to heights of creativity and inspiration and provoking them to despair, jealousy and betrayal. Matisses success threatened Picasso so much that his friends would throw darts at a portrait of his rivals beloved daughter Marguerite, shouting theres one in the eye for Matisse! And Willem de Koonings twisted friendship with Jackson Pollock didnt stop him taking up with his friends lover barely a year after Pollocks fatal car crash.In The Art of Rivalry Pulitzer Prizewinning art critic Sebastian Smee explores how, as both artists struggled to come into their own, they each played vital roles in provoking the others creative breakthroughs ultimately determining the course of modern art itself.

Binding: Paperback;416 pages; Publisher: Profile Books Ltd; Classification: ACXD; Weight: 414 g; Dimensions: 181 x 138 x 27

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