Paintings of Henry Miller [Hardcover]

Henry Miller (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Chronicle Books (November 1, 1982)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0877012806
• ISBN-13: 978-0877012801
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,427,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

HENRY MILLER (1891-1980) was an American writer and painter infamous for breaking with existing literary forms and developing a new sort of "novel" that is a mixture of novel, autobiography, social criticism, philosophical reflection, surrealist free association, and mysticism, one that is distinctly always about and expressive of the real-life Henry Miller and yet is also fictional. His most characteristic works of this kind are "Tropic of Cancer," "Tropic of Capricorn," and "Black Spring." His books were banned in the United States for their lewd content until 1964 when a court ruling overturned this order, acknowledging Miller's work as literature in what became one of the most celebrated victories of the sexual revolution.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Full of exuberant joy, May 28, 2007

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Larkenfield (Sedona, AZ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Paintings of Henry Miller (Paperback)

Here is a collection of Miller's watercolors patiently gathered from around the world. The pictures are accompanied by wonderful essays and letters from his Paris days and later in life, and this happens to be one of my favorite Miller books. I'm also lucky enough to own one of Millers lithographs. This book should have been reviewed long ago... recommended for those who wish to find out more about Miller's evolution as a joyous and spontaneous painter. Get it while you can.