Great Collectors of Our Time: Art Collecting Since 1945
- ISBN-10
- 1857595149
- ISBN-13
- 9781857595147
- Category
- Antiques & Collectibles / Art
- Pages
- 416
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scala
- Author
- James Stourton
Description
"Great Collectors of Our Time is the first major survey of contemporary collecting and collectors since 1963. It examines many of the greatest collectors of our time in Europe, North America and the Far East, and follows their tastes - whether in the Old Masters or the avant garde - from the 20th century into the 21st." "James Stourton guides us around the astonishing collections created in our time and explores the motivation behind them. He includes collecting dynasties such as the Rothschilds, Gettys, Thyssens, Rockefellers and Mellons, among others; and larger-than-life figures such as Peggy Guggenheim, Yves Saint Laurent, Picasso, Pierre Rosenberg, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury and Andrew Lloyd Webber."
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