From Renoir to Picasso: Artists in Action.

Boston, MA Houghton Mifflin: Riverside Press , 1957. Paperback First Edition USA [1957]; First Printing, so stated. The French language edition appeared in 1954. First Edition USA [1957]; First Printing, so stated. Very Good in Wraps: shows indications of careful use: the worst flaw is that the spine leans rather heavily; else vdry light wear to the extremities; faint soiling to the porous-weave paper of the wrapper covers; the binding, being sewn, remains perfectly secure; the text is clean. Free of ownership names, dates, inscriptions, marks, or labels. No longer 'As New', but remains clean, sturdy, and quite presentable. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.6 x 0.8 inches). 282 pages. Translated by Dorothy and Randolph Weaver. Shipping Weight: 16.1 ounces. The French language edition appeared in 1954. Paperback. Michel George-Michel, art critic and amateur artist, has spent a lifetime haunting the studios of Paris. Here. He plays the role of Boswell - not for just one man, but for all the great French masters of the last four decades: Dégas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Renoir, Russo, Picasso, Chagall, and the rest. Some more his close friends, others he knew only casually; but in this book he brilliantly evokes the extraordinary personality of each one. This is a marvelous gallery of antidotes: racy, amusing, tragic, nostalgic and outrageous. This year. Georges-Michel was there when Utrillo and Modigliani came to blows over which of them was the greatest artist alive. He watched the keys paint - even drew pictures of the great man, himself. He was present when a despairing Faso sat in front of a blank canvas; when a triumphant Dufy completed his enormous fresco History of Science. He ate stew with Rodin and smorgasbord with Derain: youth charity to an aged La Goulue. He listened to the most famous artists in the world tear each other apart or praised each other to the skies; sympathized with their failures and rejoiced in their success. From Renoir to Picasso is illustrated with previously unpublished drawings by many of the author's celebrated friends, and with Monsieur Georges-Michel's old charming pen and ink portraits. It is a warm and revealing sidelight to the creators of modern art.