18 books like Joan Miró

What to read after Joan Miró — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

Max Beckmann Max Beckmann · 1931 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "This panoramic presentation of Max Beckmann's painted oeuvre sheds new light on central themes such as the world of cabaret, music, and the theater, dreams and reality, staged sensuality, and the role of the female muse, as well as the artist's unusual ways of employing romanticizing visual motifs in landscapes and urban contexts."--BOOK JACKET Shares Sprengel Museum Hannover, Themes, Painters, Correspondence

Van Gogh Federico Zeri · 1937 · ★ 4.1 · 31p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Themes, Painters, Correspondence, Criticism and interpretation with this book.

Jenny Holzer Jenny Holzer · 1982 · 63p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Holzer has been at the forefront of American art since her work first came to prominence in the early 1980s. She is known for text based works which may appear as spectacular electronic signs, T shirts or carved marble benches. Shares Interviews, Themes, Criticism and interpretation

The Library of American Biography Jared Sparks · 1846 · 402p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

A history of autobiography in antiquity

A history of autobiography in antiquity Georg Misch · 1950 · 364p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Autobiography

Autobiography Anderson L Staff · 2001 · 166p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Missing Persons

Missing Persons Mary Evans · 1998 · 176p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Marse Henry : An Autobiography Henry Watterson · 1919 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Mr. Nice Howard Marks · 1996 · 468p · ≈ 15h · Moderate Shares Biography & Memoir with this book.

Two Sisters Gore Vidal · 1970 · ★ 5.0 · 236p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Originally published in 1970 this fairly short novel (174 pages) contains, according to the blurb on the dust jacket of the first edition, “Gore Vidal’s singular speculations on love, sex, death, literature and politics.” Shares Biography & Memoir

Paul Klee Paul Klee · 1930 · ★ 3.7 · 111p · ≈ 3h · Moderate An emblematic figure of the early 20th century, Paul Klee participated in the expansive Avant-Garde movements in Germany and Switzerland. From the vibrant Blaue Reiter movement to Surrealism at the end of the 1930s and throughout his teaching years at the Bauhaus, he attempted to capture the organic and harmonic nature of painting by alluding to other artistic mediums such as poetry, literature,… Shares Themes, Criticism and interpretation, Biography & Memoir

Conversations with Brando Lawrence Grobel · 1991 · ★ 4.0 · 209p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Marlon Brando ha sido considerado como el mejor actor del siglo XX, el actor por antonomasia. Un ser excéntrico y extraño, pero, también, genial y extremadamente humano. En definitiva, la expresión máxima de lo que entendemos como un espíritu libre, constituido en auténtico mito del cine. Sin duda, una obra única y especial, por tratarse de un documento de primera mano en el que Marlon Brando… Shares Interviews, Biography & Memoir

Catch me a colobus Gerald Malcolm Durrell · 1972 · ★ 5.0 · 221p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares Correspondence, Biography & Memoir with this book.

Max Ernst Max Ernst · 1956 · ★ 4.1 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate "Max Ernst: Life and Work draws on an unprecedented collection of source material, much of it published here for the first time, to present a compelling portrait of the artist's life and an intellectual portrait of an entire period. These letters and notes by friends and contemporaries provide insight into the reception of his oeuvre, illustrate Ernst's own texts and shed light on his… Shares Sprengel Museum Hannover, Themes, Biography & Memoir

Noa Noa Paul Gauguin · 1900 · 109p · ≈ 3h · Moderate Paul Gauguin fled what he called "filthy Europe" in 1891 to what he hoped would be an unspoiled paradise, Tahiti. He painted 66 magnificent can vases during the first two years he spent there and kept notes from which he later wrote Noa Noa—a journal recording his thoughts and impressions of that time. Noa Noa—the most widely known of Gauguin's writings—is reproduced here from a rare early… Shares Painters, Correspondence, Biography & Memoir

Mémoires d'une portraitiste, 1755-1842 Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun · 1835 · 233p · ≈ 7h · Challenging Madame Lebrun brought out her Memoirs at the suggestion of her friend, the Princess Dolgoruki. in 1835. The authoress was bom in 1756, at Paris, where she died in 1842. She was the daughter of Louis Vig6e, an obscure portrait painter. Her baptismal name was Marie Louise Elisabeth. In 1776 Mademoiselle Vig6e was married to Jean Baptiste Pierre Lebrun, a notable picture dealer and critic, known… Shares Painters, Correspondence, Biography & Memoir

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate **Not many people talk about "joy" these days.** Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of… Shares Biography & Memoir

Lyonel Feininger Lyonel Feininger · 1950 · 50p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares Painters, Biography & Memoir with this book.

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