Secrets revealed
Subtitle: Michael Chepourkoff: the artist, the man, his life, his art
By: Vivian Chepourkoff Hayes
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9781480913141
Subjects: Biography; Artists
Other titles: Michael Chepourkoff: the artist, the man, his life, his art
Description: "Michael Chepourkoff was born in Russia in 1899, emigrated to the United States in 1923, and lived in San Francisco most of his life until his death in 1955.  He was a sculptor ahead of his time, a painter who created a scandal with one of his paintings, a terrible husband, and a loving father.  Was he bipolar, a dark Russian soul wiht a flash of wit, a fisherman, a creative genius, or a communist?  His art tells only part of the tale.  To understand the man, you need to understand the world that surrounded him, in Russia, the U.S.A., and the world of art of his time.  The author, his daughter, Vivian Chepourkoff Hayes, researched newspaper articles about him and letters from his friends, and she heard family stories from her six brothers and sisters. Lavishly illustrated, there are examples of his paintings, drawing, etching, and sculputres."--Page [4] of cover.
Table of contents: title: The beginning: life in Russia; title: Emigrate from China, immigrate to San Francisco; title: A rest from war; title: The Berkeley years; title: Nineteen twenty-nine to nineteen thirty-three; title: "Flame Flower"; title: Mike's San Francisco Art World of the 1930s; title: Scandal: "The Blessed and the Wretched"; title: "He was impossible to live with; title: Michael Chepourkoff, the artist; title: Forgotten names: WPA artists; title: They mystery marrriage: finding Helen and her possible child; title: Concentration Camp; title: Life with Virginia; title: Mike as a father; title: The later years; title: The final act; title: Epilogue.