{"product_id":"the-loft-generation-9781250858726","title":"The Loft Generation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bristling and brilliant memoir of the mid-twentieth-century New York School of painters and their times by the renowned artist and critic Edith Schloss, who, from the early years, was a member of the group that shifted the center of the art world from Paris to New York\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Loft Generation: From the de Koonings to \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwombly; Portraits and Sketches, 19422011\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable account by an artist at the center of a landmark era in American art. Edith Schloss writes about the painters, poets, and musicians who were part of the postwar movements and about her life as an artist in New York and later in Italy, where she continued to paint and write until her death in 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSchloss was born in Germany and moved to New York City during World War II. She became part of a thriving community of artists and intellectuals that included Elaine and Willem de Kooning, Larry Rivers, John Cage, and Frank O'Hara. She married the photographer and filmmaker Rudy Burckha\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St Martin's Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528998461783,"sku":"9781250858726","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250858726.jpg?v=1731873890","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-loft-generation-9781250858726","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}