02197cam a2200421 i 4500 277640282 TxGeo 20161102120000.0 151223s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2015050361 9780812994803 hbk. 0812994809 hbk. (OCoLC)930446739 TxGeo rda Smee, Sebastian. The art of rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art / Sebastian Smee. Rivalry : four friendships, betrayals, and breakthroughs in modern art. First edition. New York, NY : Random House, 2016. xxiii, 390 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-369) and index. "Picasso & Matisse. Manet & Degas. Pollack & de Kooning. Lucian Freud & Francis Bacon. This is the story of four pairs of artists -- each linked by friendship and a spirit of competitiveness. Taken together, they form an impressive lineage stretching across more than 150 years. But in each case, these relationships had a flashpoint, a damaging psychological event that seemed to mark both an end and a new beginning, a break that led onto new creative innovations"-- Provided by publisher. 20170628. Picasso, Pablo 1881-1973 Friends and associates. Matisse, Henri 1869-1954 Friends and associates. Manet, Édouard 1832-1883 Friends and associates. Degas, Edgar 1834-1917 Friends and associates. Pollock, Jackson 1912-1956 Friends and associates. De Kooning, Willem 1904-1997 Friends and associates. Freud, Lucian Friends and associates. Bacon, Francis 1909-1992 Friends and associates. Artists Psychology. Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.) QS5