{"product_id":"22485-picasso-pablo-matisse-henri-mcbride-henry-flanner-janet-men-and-monuments-inscribed-to-henry-mcbride","title":"[Picasso, Pablo. (1881–1973) \u0026 Matisse, Henri. (1869-1954)] [McBride, Henry (1867 - 1962)] Flanner, Janet. (1892 - 1978) \"Men and Monuments\" - Inscribed to Henry McBride","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eHardcover in dustjacket. 8vo. 297 pp. Inscribed on the second ffe in blue fountain pen ink \"To Mr. Henry McBride, herein cited but everywhere known as a lover of modern art, its friend and helper, its valliant [sic] aid and critic in New York - Faithfully, Janet Flanner.\" \u003c\/span\u003eThe aforementioned name citation in the present volume's index (p. 295) has been identified in red pencil, presumably by McBride himself. \"From the Collection of Henry McBride Art Critic\" sticker to inside front cover, purple\/black cloth slightly toned, in a worn dustjacket, else fine. An extraordinary association copy.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe American art critic Henry McBride was known for his support of modern artists, both European and American, in the first half of the twentieth century, and as a writer during the 1920s for the newspaper \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe New York Sun\u003c\/i\u003e and the avant-garde magazine \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eThe Dial,\u003c\/i\u003e became one of the most influential supporters of modern art in his time.\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eHe also wrote for \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eCreative Art\u003c\/i\u003e (1928-1932) and \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eArt News\u003c\/i\u003e (1950-1959). Living to be ninety-five, McBride was born in the era of Winslow Homer and the Hudson River School and lived to see the rise of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and the New York School.  O\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003ene of the first champions of \u003c\/span\u003eMilton Avery and Florine Stetttheimer (who became a close friend and painted him as \"Henry McBride , Art Critic\" in 1922), he was also a friend of \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\"Gertrude and Alice\" who he referenced in his columns and relished the company of \u003c\/span\u003eMatisse\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eDuchamp\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eStieglitz\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003eO'Keeffe\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, and \u003c\/span\u003ePeggy Bacon, among others.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003eFrom 1925 to 1978, Janet Flanner was the Paris correspondent for \"The New Yorker,\" signing her letters \"Genet.\" In \"Men and Monuments,\" Flanner traces the course of four brilliant lives - those of the painters Picasso, Braque and Matisse, and the writer, politician and art critic Andre Malraux. Through anecdote, analysis, reportage, and opinion, Flanner presents a portrait of a time in Paris history - the late 1940s and 1950s - during which a nation recovered from a catastrophe, a new art was being forged and new ideas and values flourished. In addition, Flanner tells the inside story of one of the greatest art-pillaging campaign in history: Hitler's and Goering's ransack of the collections of the occupied countries during World War II.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093814956191,"sku":"22485","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Flanner_2C_Janet._Men_and_Monuments_-Signed_22485c.jpg?v=1722190559","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/22485-picasso-pablo-matisse-henri-mcbride-henry-flanner-janet-men-and-monuments-inscribed-to-henry-mcbride","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}