The art of rivalry
Subtitle: four friendships, betrayals & breakthroughs in modern art
By: Sebastian Smee
Publisher: Profile Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 390
ISBN-13: 9781781251652; 9781847659873
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Friends and associates; Artists; Psychology; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.); Friendship; Art and Design; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Artists, Architects, Photographers; ART; History; Modern (late 19th Century to 1945); HISTORY; Modern; 20th Century
Description: 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. -- publisher's statement.
Notes: First published in the US in 2016 by Random House.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-369) and index.
Table of contents: title: Freud and Bacon; title: Manet and Degas; title: Matisse and Picasso; title: Pollock and De Kooning.