Chapter 8: The Shadow Is More Beautiful Than The Academy
🎈For the 1st time, a painter has painted something that doesn‘t represent ANYTHING. Before Picasso. Before Kandinsky.
In which Francis starts losing his vision & and seems to spend all this time in opium dens…
Rubber: by Francis Picabia
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so-so#EuropaEditions are usually hits for me but this one fell short. I also had such high hopes after loving The Postcard by the same author (one of the two). I just couldn‘t get over how selfish the titular character was presented…by her great grandchildren no less! Obsessed with her husband and they‘re both into the art scene around the turn of the century but totally uninterested in their offspring. Lots of name dropping and little parenting.
Gabriële‘s mAunt Alphonsine Jussieu de Challié
https://www.catherinelarosepoesiaearte.com/2022/12/alphonsine-de-challie-1858-19...
It‘s things like this that keep me going - rabbit holes
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Chapter 7: A Little solitude in the midst of Suns
I drag on
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Chapter 6 left me even more totally disgusted with both Francis and Gabriële.
while looking for his paintings mentioned at the end of the chapter, I did find one of his last impressionist inspired paintings, which was rather lovely
https://youtube.com/shorts/DNHPbaYak9U?si=rnOuHwICdFmpNutl
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so-soThis book begins in 1908 in Paris, where Gabriele Buffet begins her adult life. She has a lifelong relationship with Francis Picabia, painter and poet, marries him and has four children with him. She has other relationships with Marcel Duchamp, Igor Stravinsky, Elsa Schiaparelli to name a few. Picabia is a horrible husband (many affairs) and a horrible father (never thinks about the kids for one minute). Hard to say why she stays with him ⬇️
Chapter 6: The Procession, Seville 1912 Francis Picabia
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They are married!
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I liked this but I struggled with whether it was a novel or NF. I didn‘t like the authors‘ comments at the end of each chapter, they really drew me out of the ‘story‘.
I also found it frustrating that they kept saying ‘we don‘t know anything about Gabriële‘s life‘ - not in the past tense ‘we didn‘t know but we‘ve learned‘ but in the present so it read like ‘we still don‘t know‘.
A soft pick for me.
A little late to the party but a slower start this morning allowed me to dip into this before I got my day started. Very happy to be back with the #europacollective!
Chapter 5: Man And Woman By The Sea
I find the book well written & interesting but Francis Picabia & Gabriële Buffett are not very likable.
I find interesting what authors think of them.
At the end of Chapter 4, one relates responsibility for them & the other seeks their approval.
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Chapter 4: Francis Picabia by Francis Picabia
He made a few self portraits over the years.
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Chapter 3: Composition by Francis Picabia
Adventures in Berlin!
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I have mixed feelings about this book. I loved reading it because it is so well written and I was intrigued by the main characters and the way they chose to live their lives. However, there‘s been written a lot about the art scene in Paris; parts of the book felt to me like I‘d read them before.
I‘d wanted to read more about Gabriele and Francis themselves instead of them crossing all over Europe and NYC ⬇️
Chapter 2
Young Girl In Paradise
Francis Picabia
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Chapter 1: Encirclement
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It‘s an interesting concept to have each chapter be named after Francis Picabia‘s artwork
I haven‘t read a book in first person tense in a long time. It‘s an interesting concept that they wanted it to be a “living tense“.
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Spent the whole weekend on the sidelines:
⚽️ a soccer tournament for my oldest
⚾️ baseball practice and a game for my youngest
I was accompanied by Gabriele for #EuropaEditions. Though I didn‘t get much read, I think I‘m going to like it!
It‘s June! Time for a sneak peek of #EuropaCollective
Read at your own pace & post throughout the month as often as you like.
In The Postcard, we learned that Gabriële is a controversial figure, a woman behind artists. Let‘s learn more about her.
All are welcome! ????
pickJust a reminder to pick up a copy of the tagged book to read in June for #EuropaCollective. Feel free to comment anytime and we‘ll plan to discuss at the end of the month. Let me know if you want to be added or dropped from the tagged list. Happy reading!
mcctrish, GatheringBooks, tpixie, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Gleefulreader, Sapphire, TheKidUpstairs, charl08, JulietteReadsALot, Tamra, lauraisntwilder, Chelsea.Poole, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB, willaful
So…BarbaraBB and I are going to get #EuropaCollective back together in the fall. If you want to be added or dropped from the list, just let me know. Meanwhile, thanks to @tpixie we‘re going to read the tagged book in June and discuss at the end of the month.
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repost for @tpixie:
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Is anyone interested in a JUNE #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard?
I‘m planning to read it, and would love to have others join me. It will be an informal, read at your own pace #buddyread
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Is anyone interested in a JUNE #EuropaCollective #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard?
I‘m planning to read it, and would love to have others join me. It will be an informal, read at your own pace #buddyread
@LitsyEvents please repost
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FYI- for any #Littens that live nearby
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Is anyone interested in a #BuddyRead from the author of The Postcard from #EuropaCollective ?
The book will be published APRIL 22.
Let‘s read it in JUNE!
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