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Peggy Guggenheim: The Shock of the Modern (Jewish Lives)
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From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a vibrant (New Yorker) portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern artA whirlwind tour in a compact, peppy car through the tumultuous life of the most famous patron of modern art.Prudence Peiffer, ArtforumOne of twentiethcentury Americas most influential patrons of the arts, Peggy Guggenheim (18981979) brought to wide public attention the work of such modern masters as Jackson Pollock and Man Ray. In her time, there was no stronger advocate for the groundbreaking and the avantgarde. Her midtown gallery was the acknowledged center of the postwar New York art scene, and her museum on the Grand Canal in Venice remains one of the worlds great collections of modern art. Yet as renowned as she was for the art and artists she so tirelessly championed, Guggenheim was equally famous for her unconventional personal life, and for her ironic, playful desire to shock.Acclaimed bestselling author Francine Prose offers a singular reading of Guggenheims life that will enthrall enthusiasts of twentiethcentury art, as well as anyone interested in American and European culture and the interrelationships between them. The lively and insightful narrative follows Guggenheim through virtually every aspect of her extraordinary life, from her unique collecting habits and paradigmchanging discoveries, to her celebrity friendships, failed marriages, and scandalous affairs, and Prose delivers a colorful portrait of a defiantly uncompromising woman who maintained a powerful upper hand in a maledominated world. Prose also explores the ways in which Guggenheims image was filtered through the lens of insidious antisemitism.About Jewish Lives:Jewish Lives is a prizewinning series of interpretative biography designed to explore the many facets of Jewish identity. Individual volumes illuminate the imprint of Jewish figures upon literature, religion, philosophy, politics, cultural and economic life, and the arts and sciences. Subjects are paired with authors to elicit lively, deeply informed books that explore the range and depth of the Jewish experience from antiquity to the present.In 2014, the Jewish Book Council named Jewish Lives the winner of its Jewish Book of the Year Award, the first series ever to receive this award.More praise for Jewish Lives:Excellent. New York TimesExemplary. Wall Street JournalDistinguished. New YorkerSuperb. The Guardian
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