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Hello all, I received *many* replies to my late-August request for suggestions of writings by literary authors about artists. The patron on whose behalf I sent the request was amazed and delighted by the result. Raymond Smith already has copied his response to the list (Aug. 31, 2006 "Some noted American poets and novelists writing on art"). Thank you, Raymond! If anyone missed this, I will forward the message on (off-list) request. I've compiled and condensed the briefer replies; they appear below. Some works, particularly John Updike's books, were mentioned by many people. Thank you all for your responses! Ed Deegan Univ. of Pennsylvania Fisher Fine Arts Library [log in to unmask] ******************************************************************** There are Picasso books by Patrick O'Brien [O'Brian, Patrick, 1914-2000. Picasso : Pablo Ruiz Picasso : a biography. New York : Putnam, c1976.] and by Norman Mailer.... [Mailer, Norman. Portrait of Picasso as a young man : an interpretative biography. 1st ed. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, c1995.] How about Keat's Ode to a Grecian Urn? Frank O'Hara was a poet who wrote extensively on artists. see Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_O'Hara The Painters of Modern Life by Baudelaire Updike, John. Just looking : essays on art. 1st ed., New York : Knopf, 1989. [and several later eds.,including one by the Museum of Fine Art, Boston, 2001] Updike, John. Still looking : essays on American art. 1st ed., New York : Knopf, 2005. Julian Barnes writes occasional reviews of art exhibitions and contributes articles to London Review of Books, etc., but as far as I know, they have not been issued as a published collection. One from left field: I can't resist pointing this one out, although what one's opinion of her as a "well-known writer" might be is anyone's guess. The author's name is Jane Roberts and she wrote numerous books about psychic phenomena in the 1970s, including ones in which she channeled an entity called Seth. She also wrote a book on Cezanne, [viz.] Roberts, Jane, 1929- The world view of Paul Cezanne : a psychic interpretation / by Jane Roberts ; introd. by Seth. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, c1977. One of my favorite works of fiction about art is A. S. Byatt's collection "The Matisse Stories," all of which are about art(and an art historian). Also, Peter Carey has a brand new novel out about the contemporary art world, "Theft: A Love Story," which is great. W. Somerset Maugham's The Moon and Sixpence, which is about Gauguin. Simic, Charles, 1938- Dime-store alchemy: the art of Joseph Cornell Hopewell, NJ: Ecco Press, c1992. ...a number of books by Guy Davenport: Objects on a table: harmonious disarray in art and literature (re: still life) Washington, D. C.: Counterpoint, c1998. A Balthus notebook. New York: Ecco Press, c1989. The geography of the imagination : forty essays San Francisco: North Point Press, 1981. Every Force Evolves a Form: twenty essays San Francisco: North Point Press, 1987. One possibly useful resource is the Getty Research Institute collection of "art in fiction" of c. 1500 volumes: http://library.getty.edu/ search the collection for "art in fiction" as a phrase to get a browse list. You could sort by author and browse for whatever one would consider "well-known writers." Michel Foucault's essay on Diego Velasquez's "Las Meninas". I believe this is the first chapter of his book "The Order of Things." Octavio Paz wrote several books about Mexican art and artists: Gunther Gerzso. Neuchatel: Editions du Griffon, 1983 Essays on Mexican Art. NY: Harcourt Brace, 1993 So did Elena Poniatowska: Juan Soriano, Nino de Mil Anos. Mexico: Plaza Janes, 1998 Introduction to: Frida Kahlo, the Camera Seduced. San Francisco: Chronicle, 1992 ... Joyce Carol Oates did one on GEORGE BELLOWS published by Ecco Press. Indeed, my recollection is that Ecco Press did a number of titles on artists by people who generally would not be considered art historians or art critics. I am not certain that there is any particular series information which would pull these titles together. Writers on artists /edited by Daniel Halpern San Francisco: North Point Press,1988 It contains about forty essays of various writers on various artists (e.g., Huxley on El Greco, Mailer on Picasso, Hemingway on Miro). Susan Sontag's 'On Photography' Several books about art, painting, or specific artists, by Jean Cocteau ******************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]