The Artist Who Loved Women: The Incredible Life & Work of Patrick Nagel

Fue publicado poco antes de que falleciera, además tiene bocetos y explicación de su técnica. Para coleccionistas de este gran artista que murió tan joven.

avid fan & collector of Patrick Nagel's artwork. it was a delight to read Mr Frankel's biography on Patrick Nagel. i can think of no better complement and assessment of the book than to say, i look forward to reading it a second time after having read it the first time in four days.there are some grammar issues and even a major misalignment of text (as though a page or a few paragraphs go missing mid-sentence) of which one should not expect to find in a book with a price tag of near $40. but i didn't obtain it for mechanical execution. the style of writing is entertaining as well as informative. there were times i felt as if the author were there in the room discussing the life of Patrick. should i be interested in the subject, i would buy another book written by Mr Frankel.to discover the life of the artist just adds to the joy of looking at and owning Nagel's artwork. so i am grateful to the author for producing this work. i don't agree with some of his conclusions, like the premise of the driving force behind Patrick's design of the Nagel Woman; unfortunately, Patrick isnt here to ask. the biography is also placed in the context of 80s American Hollywood culture; which is a nice complement, maybe even a necessity to better understanding the life of the artist. i think that this greater envelope of the biography subject, in the art world culture -the global center during the 1970s and 80s being Los Angeles as posited by Mr Frankel- shows the mature writing capability of the author.it is an irony that one of the major conclusions that Mr Frankel makes concerning the life of Patrick Nagel within our culture is propelled by the author himself: that "In the 1980s and 1990s, over two million Americans framed his work in their homes – and almost none of them knew his name or his fascinating life story". the main title of the book, "THE ARTIST WHO LOVED WOMEN" does not contain the name of the artist, and the photograph of the artist is smaller than the picture of his artwork on the dust cover. if Mr Frankel was demonstrating his conclusion, than that was a clever way of portraying it.

Soy un gran admirador de la obra de Patrick Nagel, durante años busque libros sobre su vida y obra pero nada encontré, salvo, claro ahora por internet hay algo de información y sí, por supuesto muchas imágenes de sus obras. Pero no se compara con el hecho de tener en las manos un libro con las imágenes impresas. Al comprar "The artist who loved women" pensé que ademas de su biografía y anécdotas abría una importante colección de sus obras y... Ohhh desilución...!!!

This is great book. You don't need to love Patrick Negal's work to truly appreciate it. The author dives into the eighties and leaves us with lasting impression of the incredible world that surrounds the books subject. A time capsule. It's well written and deeply researched. There are a few typos but it didn't take away from the experince. Highly recommended to any art lover or anyone who is curious about Los Angeles of the 1980's and of course to any fan of Patrick Nagel and his ART.

This book exceeded my expectation with the information it contains. The content was beautifully presented and written. It's very refreshing to know more about Patrick Nagel his life and the art world back then.