The Miserable Lives of Fabulous Artists, 9781910350898
Hardcover
A celebration of the lives of the fabulously artistic, as they come up against Chris Orr’s irreverent wit, and published to coincide with a show of the works at the Royal Academy.

The Miserable Lives of Fabulous Artists

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  • Hardcover

    96 pages

  • Release Date

    28 March 2018

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Summary

In The Miserable Lives of Fabulous Artists, Chris Orr turns his humorous gaze on some of the most famous - and fabulous - artists of the past. With over 30 new works, accompanied by Orr’s captions, artists from Edward Hopper to Pablo Picasso find themselves in weird and wonderful situations. Edvard Munch holidays at the seaside, John Constable RA is disturbed at his easel by frolicking nudists and there’s an unfortunate incident in Barbara Hepworth’s studio… No one can escape Orr’s imaginat…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781910350898
ISBN-10:1910350893
Author:Chris Orr
Publisher:Royal Academy of Arts
Imprint:Royal Academy of Arts
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:96
Release Date:28 March 2018
Weight:620g
Dimensions:200mm x 315mm
About The Author

Chris Orr

Chris Orr MBE RA is an artist, printmaker and Professor Emeritus at the Royal College of Art. He has exhibited internationally,including at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Brook Gallery, Devon. His previous books include Chris Orr: The Making ofThings ISBN 9781907533372 (RA Publications, 2013).

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