Luminous Lives

A Biography of Anna-Eva Bergman

Thomas Schlesser, Charles Penwarden

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ERIS
28 December 2023

The Arts: General & Reference; Biography: general

Long neglected by art historians, Anna-Eva Bergman (1909-87) was a painter of major importance who invested her work with an almost mystical ambition. The story of her life, told for the first time in this meticulously researched biography, is extraordinary: a Norwegian childhood that was constantly overshadowed by fear; a bohemian and adventurous youth that spanned much of Europe; a career as an illustrator;

encounters in Nazi Germany; increasingly severe health problems; three marriages, two of which were to the same man (Bergman's fellow artist Hans Hartung); and a tragic end in the splendour of their villa in Antibes.

But above all Bergman's was a life dedicated to creation, often in defiance of fashion. Only recently has the scale of her achievement begun to be adequately acknowledged. Bergman undoubtedly enjoyed a distinguished career, crossing paths with such key artists as Wassily Kandinsky, Pierre Soulages and Mark Rothko. In many respects, however, she remained a marginal figure-little known in her homeland, and championed by only a handful of allies in France and the rest of Europe.

Characterised by the use of gold and silver leaf and by the distinctive rhythm of her lines, Bergman's paintings are hieratic and simplified, radical evocations of the great structuring forces of the universe-minerals, the elements, and even time itself. Thomas Schlesser's biography, which draws upon the considerable body of written material that Bergman left behind, at long last enables us to understand this extraordinary artist in all the complexity of her character and the dramatic circumstances of her life.

By: Thomas Schlesser
Translated by: Charles Penwarden
Imprint: ERIS
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 222mm, Width: 146mm,
ISBN: 9781912475155
ISBN 10: 1912475154
Pages: 486
Publication Date: 28 December 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Thomas Schlesser (Author) Thomas Schlesser is Director of the Hartung-Bergman Foundation and a professor at the École polytechnique in Paris. Charles Penwarden (Translated by) Charles Penwarden is a translator based in Paris.

Reviews for Luminous Lives: A Biography of Anna-Eva Bergman

"Further praise for L'Univers sans l'homme: Beautiful --Beaux Arts Praise for L'Univers sans l'homme: Captivating -- ""Le Journal des arts"" Praise for Thomas Schlesser's Faire rêver: de l'art des Lumières au cauchemar publicitaire: Remarkable and fascinating --Pascal Saarbach ""Critique d'art"""