Magician of the modern: Chick Austin and the transformation of the arts in America

Abstract

A biography of the museum director who was a major force in bringing modern art, from Dali to Balanchine, to America in the first half of the century.

Contents

Prologue. The Navel of the World -- 1. "Boy Dear" -- 2. Trouble with the Dean: harvard, Egypt, and the Sudan -- 3. Darling of the Fogg -- 4. From Harvard to the Land of Steady Habits -- 5. Starting Fires in Hartford -- 6. "Dearest Cunning" -- 7. Innovator and Connoisseur -- 8. Tender Mysteries and "The Ravings of Madmen" -- 9. International Style -- 10. "We've Got to Get Them!" -- 11. Picasso and the Saints -- 12. "Nobody's Business" -- 13. "Number One!" -- 14. Fusion of the Arts -- 15. After the Ball -- 16. Turning Awry -- 17. The Baroque and the Big Top -- 18. Home to Helen.