Deaths of Artists

Name: Deaths of Artists
Brand: Blast Books,U.S.

Blast Books,U.S.

Starving Artist Knifed to Death in Village Room\u2026 Famous Artist Dies Penniless and All Alone\u2026 \nDeep in the archives of The Metropolitan Museum of Art are two strange scrapbooks packed with century-old newspaper obituaries of painters, illustrators, sculptors, and photographers, famous and forgotten alike. Somber death notices of luminaries like Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin are preserved on their crumbling pages, side by side with tragic and often grisly stories of obscure artists who met their demise as victims of accident, murder, poverty, and disease. Compiled from 1906 to 1929, the scrapbooks not only memorialize the subjects of these obituaries: they also record graphic and sensationalized news reporting from the heyday of yellow journalism. \nWho collected the artists\u2019 obituaries?\n\nDeaths of Artists\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note that the price a;