Weston and Charlot by Lew Andrews

Weston and Charlot by Lew Andrews

Edward Weston (1886–1958) was one of the most celebrated photographers of the twentieth century. Jean Charlot (1898–1979), a classically trained French artist best known for his murals, woodcuts, and paintings celebrating Mexican culture, played a key role as a participant and chronicler of the Mexican Renaissance. This book, based on letters that Weston and Charlot exchanged from the early 1920s until Weston’s death in 1958, documents a friendship that says as much about art—about photography and fresco, practice, criticism, and history—as it does about the intersection of a number of fascinating characters, the ups and downs of the correspondents’ daily lives, the pursuit of their dreams and aspirations, and the support and encouragement they gave each other. Lew Andrews crafts a multivalent narrative that reconfigures our understanding of Weston, Charlot, and their era, shedding new light on specific events and artwork. While giving us rare insight into the everyday life of these artists, this work also supplies an important chapter in the history of twentieth-century art and photography, seen close up and from the inside.

"Lew Andrews has written an extremely clear and engaging chronicle of an artistic friendship. . . His book is extremely informative and beautifully written."—Ruben Gallo, The Americas

Lew Andrews is an associate professor of art history at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. He is the author of Story and Space in Renaissance Art: The Rebirth of Continuous Narrative.

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ISBN 13	9780803235137
ISBN 10	0803235135
Title	Weston and Charlot
Author	Lew Andrews
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Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Year published	2011-12-01
Number of pages	462
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.