Artful lives : Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles / Beth Gates Warren.

Author/creator Warren, Beth Gates
Format Book
Publication InfoLos Angeles : J. Paul Getty Museum, ©2011.
Descriptionx, 382 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958.
Mather, Margrethe, 1885 or 1886-1952.
Weston, Edward, 1886-1958--Friends and associates.
Photographers--United States. --Biography.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--Intellectual life. --20th century.

Portion of title Edward Weston, Margrethe Mather, and the Bohemians of Los Angeles
Contents Prologue -- Edward Weston-a Midwestern upbringing, 1886-1905 -- Weston takes on Tropico, 1906-1912 -- Margrethe Mather-an inauspicious start, 1886-1912 -- The City of the Angels, 1850-1913 -- Getting established, early 1913 -- Getting acquainted, late 1913 to 1914 -- Challenges, 1915 -- Outside influences, 1916 -- The tide turns, 1917 -- War and pestilence, 1918 -- Exhilaration, 1919 -- Seeking acclaim, 1920 -- Fame and angst, 1921 -- Tragedies and triumphs, 1922 -- Endings and beginnings, 1923 -- Epilogue -- Afterword.
Abstract This biography reveals the previously untold love story of Edward Weston and Margrethe Mather. Both were photographic artists at the centre of the bohemian cultural scene in Los Angeles during the 1910s and 1920s, yet Weston would become a major Modernist photographer while Mather would fall into obscurity.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010051328
ISBN9781606060704 (hardcover)
ISBN1606060708 (hardcover)

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Joyner General Stacks TR139 .W365 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold