Almost Nothing the 20th Century Art and Life of Jãƒâ³zef Czapski
Almost Nothing: The 20th-Century Art and Life of J�zef Czapski
A compelling biography of the Polish painter and writer J�zef Czapski that takes readers to Paris in the Roaring Twenties, to the front lines during WWII, and into the tardily 20th-century art earth.
J�zef Czapski (1896–1993) lived many lives during his xc-6 years. He was a student in Saint Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the roaring twenties. As a Polish reserve officer fighting confronting the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second Globe War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. For reasons unknown to this day, he was one of the very few excluded from Stalin's sanctioned massacres of Polish officers. He never returned to Poland after the war, but worked tirelessly in Paris to proceed alive awareness of the plight of his homeland, overrun by totalitarian powers. Czapski was a towering public figure, but painting gave meaning to his life. Eric Karpeles, as well a painter, reveals Czapski's full complexity, pulling together all the threads of this remarkable life.
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Eric Karpeles is a painter, writer, and translator. His comprehensive guide, Paintings in Proust, considers the intersection of literary and visual aesthetics in the work of the great French novelist. He has written near the paintings of the poet Elizabeth Bishop and about the cease of life as seen through the works of Emily Dickinson, Gustav Mahler, and Marker Rothko. The painter of The Sanctuary and of the Mary and Laurance Rockefeller Chapel, he is the also the translator of J�zef Czapski'south Lost Time: Lectures on Proust in a Soviet Prison Camp and Lorenza Foschini'due south Proust'southward Overcoat. He lives in Northern California.
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"This arresting biography aims to rekindle involvement in the Polish painter and writer J�zef Czapski (1896-1993), whose career was for decades stymied by history's tumult. Every bit a Soviet pow, he gave lectures on Proust and wrote a history of French painting, and, in 1940, was i of only a few hundred survivors of the Katyn massacre, in which xx-two thousand Polish officers were killed. After the war, exiled in Paris, he advocated for a free Poland and wrote two searing memoirs, but only in old age was he able to devote himself to his paintings, which Karpeles analyzes with acuity and grace. Czapski call painting both "prayer" and "defeat," subsequently a lifelong "apprenticeship of learning." --The New Yorker
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Almost Aught: The 20th-Century Fine art And Life Of Jozef Czapski (Paperback)
Published by The New York Review of Books, Inc, United States (2018)
ISBN 10: 1681372843 ISBN 13: 9781681372846
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Volume Clarification Paperback. Condition: New. Main. Linguistic communication: English. Make new Book. A compelling biography of the Polish painter and writer J�zef Czapski that takes readers to Paris in the Roaring Twenties, to the front lines during WWII, and into the late 20th-century art world.J�zef Czapski (1896-1993) lived many lives during his ninety-six years. He was a student in Saint Petersburg during the Russian Revolution and a painter in Paris in the roaring twenties. As a Smooth reserve officer fighting against the invading Nazis in the opening weeks of the Second Globe War, he was taken prisoner by the Soviets. For reasons unknown to this 24-hour interval, he was one of the very few excluded from Stalin's sanctioned massacres of Shine officers. He never returned to Poland after the state of war, but worked tirelessly in Paris to keep live awareness of the plight of his homeland, overrun by totalitarian powers. Czapski was a towering public effigy, only painting gave meaning to his life. Eric Karpeles, too a painter, reveals Czapski'due south total complexity, pulling together all the threads of this remarkable life. Seller Inventory # AA99781681372846
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