Hayden Herrera, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $40 (784p) ISBN 978-0-374-11323-0
Most recently seen as a silent, enigmatic figure in the Armenian-Canadian filmmaker Atom Egoyan's Ararat, modernist painter Gorky (1900?–1948) is fastidiously served in this comprehensive biography. Born near Lake Van in Ottoman-held...
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Hayden Herrera, Author ABRAMS $55 (148p) ISBN 978-0-8109-3301-9
Mary Frank's ceramic sculptures and paintings on glass and metal combine myths, omens, lion-women, glimpses of dreams. Rather than illustrating myths literally, the artist often makes figures that embody the myth-making urge. A terra-cotta...
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Hayden Herrera, Author Houghton Mifflin Harcourt P $29.95 (223p) ISBN 978-0-15-158183-2
Henri Matisse frequently experienced panic when he painted; he perspired, trembled, even wept. The artist who strived to express serenity and joy spoke often of being driven by ``inner conflict.'' Totally focused on his art, he turned his vivacious...
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Hayden Herrera. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35 (512p) ISBN 978-0-37428-116-8
Herrera (Arshile Gorky) delves into the details of the life of influential and enigmatic American sculptor Isamu Noguchi in this thorough and solid biography. Noguchi was born in Los Angeles in 1904, to an American mother and a Japanese father, the...
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Hayden Herrera. Simon & Schuster, $26 (272p) ISBN 978-1-9821-0528-0
In this intimate memoir, art historian Herrera (Isamu Noguchi) writes of being the daughter of “upper bohemian” artist parents who believed in “the importance of pleasure and living life to the hilt.” Herrera vividly brings to life her childhood...
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