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Great Collectors of our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945 (Hardcover)

by James Stourton (Author)
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Great Collectors of Our Time is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since Douglas Cooper's Great Private Collections, published in 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in Europe, North America and the Far East, and follows their tastes - whether in the Old Masters or the avant garde - from the 20th century into the 21st. In 1945, Paris was still the cultural capital of the world, but its culture was being increasingly challenged by America. American collecting was soon to pull up its European anchor and move across the Atlantic, in growing acceptance of America's own art, the decline in the domination of three European schools of art - Italian Renaissance, English 18th century and French 19th century Impressionism - and the rise of the New York School and contemporary art. Prior to 1939, collecting was a private pleasure, sometimes intellectual and scholarly, but more often about enhancing surroundings - 'la douceur de vivre'. Today, colle

About the Author
James Stourton is Chairman of Sotheby's UK. He read History of Art at Cambridge and joined Sotheby's in 1979. He is the author of Great Smaller Museums of Europe and frequently writes on the history of collecting. He has written on the subject for Apollo, The Art Newspaper, Matrix, The Independent and The Spectator and regularly lectures to the National Art Collections Fund, Sotheby's Institute of Education and Cambridge University faculty of Art History.

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  • Hardcover: 480 pages
  • Publisher: Scala Publishers (January 6, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1857595149
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857595147
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8 x 1.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #251,227 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Collectors of our Time, May 11, 2008
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Excellent, if expensive, volume. The first survey of collectors and collecting since the early 60's. Well illustrated. Mostly on art collecting.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An insider's look at private collections, May 3, 2008
By Claude Reich (Florianopolis, Brazil and Paris, France) - See all my reviews
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Written by a senior staff member of Sotheby's, this book offers an interesting overlook on the collections and personalities of some of the most important art collectors of our time. The text itself is a collection of short pieces on each collector, describing the building and the highlights of their collection (which can be African art, Islamic art, modern paintings, rare books, old masters, contemporary art, etc). You will not find any real scoop here, since, but for a few exceptions, most of the people and collections described are already well-known , but it is still a book that is pleasant to read and full of good-quality illustrations of seldom reproduced works.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure!, April 27, 2008
By Pedro Fernandes (Lisboa, Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This is a truly magnificent book, very well written, very complete. The text is scholarly and straight forward, with many answered questions about this club of great collectors. While the events of theirs lifes are vividly told, the text also explains and illuminates each personality through interesting analyses. The author tends to be factual and does not speculate much. If you want to be as much entertained as educated on this great collectors buy this fantastic book. This is no ordinary art book. You will treasure it and be proud to show it to friends. Simply 5 stars!

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