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More than 600 archival color and black-and-white photos take readersinside the magnificent Hotel des Artistes on Manhattan’s West Side. Thisis the well-researched, untold story of the artists, returning fromstints in Paris in the early 1900s, who convinced Manhattan businessmento invest in an arts colony on West 67th Street. Readers are invited on atour of the north-light studios, salon ballroom, and iconic caf whereAmerica’s great painters, sculptors, writers, illustrators, actors, anddancers created a beehive of creativity. In addition to stories ofselect artists, a directory lists the names of the hundreds of tenantswho populated the building from 1917 to 2020an “army of artists” whosework collectively changed the world. This book is a treasure trove forcreatives, historians, and the large network of artists and theirfamilies with ties to the landmark Hotel des Artistes.
[AuthorName]By Robert Hudovernik[/AuthorName][AuthorBio]Robert Hudovernik studied drawing with renowned Wisconsin surrealist painter John Wilde, and figurative expressionist David Staff. He taught drawing, design, photography, and art history at the University of Wisconsin, and life drawing at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. www.hoteldesartistesbook.com[/AuthorBio][NumIllustration]632 color and b/w images[/NumIllustration][CoAuthor][/CoAuthor][SubTitle]America’s Paris on West 67th Street[/SubTitle][ColorPattern]632 color and b/w images[/ColorPattern]