Product Description

From Durer to Hockney, Kahlo to Cassatt, forty portraits make up this collection of artists' mothers. A delicious combination of biographical anecdote and art history, it is also an elegant celebration of the powerful relationships between sons, daughters and their mothers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #63740 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 96 pages

Review
Lovely idea this: a book of portraits of their mothers by 40 celebrated artists. --Bookseller

About the Author
Juliet Heslewood studied the History of Art at London University and later gained an MA in English Literature at Toulouse. For over twenty-five years she lived in France where she devised and led study tours on art and architecture as well as continuing her writing career. Her books include The History of Western Painting for young people which was translated into twelve languages. She also wrote its companion on sculpture and Introducing Picasso. She has published collections of world folk-tales. Juliet now lives in Oxfordshire where she continues to write on both art and folklore and is a freelance lecturer in the History of Art.

Customer Reviews

Fantastic book
This is a scholarly book with beautiful pictures. It is really interesting for your own bed side table or bookshelves. But in addition it is a perfect present for numerous events - obviously for your own mum, your mother in law, your best friend and so on.

It is a great, unusual,thoughtful gift that will delight the receiver and their extended family. It's not just a coffee table book it's something to really savour and enjoy.

Slightly odd front cover but look past that and you will see it is quirky, stimulating and a great pleasure.