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| Title | : | The Unknown Night: The Genius and Madness of R.A. Blakelock, an American Painter |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.64 (958 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0802140645 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-15 |
| Language | : | English |
These facts alone would be excitement enough for most "mad artist" biographies. Over the next couple of years, using her enormous influence and apparently unstoppable powers of persuasion, Adams isolated Blakelock from his family and retained the profits of his increasingly valuable paintings (here reproduced on eight four-color pages) for herself. From Publishers Weekly American painter Ralph Albert Blakelock's tragic life story has all the trappings of a Victorian mystery: kidnapping, madness, seduction, forgery and betrayal. Compellin
Van Rensselaer Adams, a 32-year-old vamp with a shady past. The line between manic depression, bipolar disorders and various subtypes of schizophrenia, however, is blurry and lately has become the subject of debate. Crowds lined up to see Blakelock exhibitions in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. Blakelock, his long hair beaded like an Indian, a dagger in his waistband, took to the streets to sell his paintings. In May of 2000, Blakelock's early masterpiece, Indian Encampment on The Snake River eclipsed every other American painter in a Sotheby's auction, fetching $3.5 million. He was 43 when he had his first psychotic episode, slashing his paintings, burning large amounts of money and threatening his family. His wife, Cora Bailey Blakelock was living in poverty with their youngest children in a small house in the Catskills. His work, which contains both classic and modern elements, defies definition. Most likely, Blakelock was suffering from what is called late-onset schizophrenia. Adams passed herself off as a philanthropist, "rescued" Blakelock from the asylum, and brought him to New York City to generate
"A fascinating look at Blakelock and his times" according to TroutChaser. I bought this biography on Blakelock because I am interested in the artist and the Tonalist movement. I had read with interest the section on Blakelock in David A. Cleaveland’s magnificent and excellently-written tome "A History of American Tonalism: 1880-1920". Several other reviewers here also gave this biography favorable praise, too.This book is written very well and once picked up, I found it hard to put down. It is . Kevin Killian said Art and history on a collision course with madness. Blakelock's paintings of moonlight have the weird, dissociated values of gesture that we associate with a much later generation of American painters (e.g. Pollock or De Kooning), at least according to controversialist Glyn Vincent, who notes that Blakelock, after a traditional and demure career as a minor artist of the Hudson River Valley school, made a great breakthrough as the 1870s turned into the 1880s. Unfortunately, insan. Fascinating Account of a Brilliant Yet Fragile Artist Christiana Washington Blakelock's life is beautifully portrayed in all its glory, madness, and sadness. There is something so haunting about this biography, it leaves one feeling very sorry for this poor man. I had never heard of Blakelock but now have a deeper respect for his work, and more importantly his shattered life.
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