Description: A book to delight the spirit as well as the eye, My Life in Art begins with the delectable world of Mr. Bemelmans' childhood on the shore of the Traunsee in Austria. The artist then recounts his misadventures in Paris where, painting meanwhile, he attempts to turn a ramshackle bistro into a smart cafe with the help of a famous restaurateur and a few clochards. It is in Ville d'Avray, in an old ruin converted into a studio, that Mr. Bemelmans suffers the initial despairs and frustrations of painting in oils. His success in the medium is attested to by the many color reproductions in this book. The text, with its accompanying drawings, is "about how and why and where they were painted." 63 pages 28 b/w sketches plus 34 full-color reproductions. 2 tipped-in color plates. End papers illustrated with brown line drawings. Black cloth spine and brown boards.Front cover illustrated with pasted in color plate. Bemelmans is best known as the author and illustrator of the Madeline series of books. There is slight tanning on the pages opposite the tipped in prints.
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Book Title: Bemelmans My Life in Art
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Inscribed: No
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1958
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Ludwig Bemelmens
Author: Bemelmans, Ludwig
Features: reproduction plates
Genre: Autobiography of an artist
Topic: Anthology
