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A 2017 STONEWALL HONOR BOOK (THE AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION) AND LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FINALIST Bernard Perlin (1918-2014) was an extraordinary figure in twentieth century American art and gay cultural history, an acclaimed artist and sexual renegade who reveled in pushing social, political, and artistic boundaries. His work regularly appeared in popular magazines of the 1940s, fifties, and sixties; was collected by Rockefellers, Whitneys, and Astors; and was acquired by major museums, including the Smithsonian, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Tate Modern. His portrait clients included well-known literary, artistic, theatrical, political, and high society figures. As a government propaganda artist and war artist-correspondent, he produced many now-iconic images of World War II. From the 1930s on, he also daringly committed to canvas and paper scenes of underground gay bars and nude studies of street hustlers, among other aspects of his active and dedicated gay life. Socially, he moved in the upper echelons of New York gay society, a glittering "cufflink crowd" that included George Platt Lynes, Lincoln Kirstein, Glenway Wescott, Monroe Wheeler, Paul Cadmus, Jared French, George

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Author

Schreiber, Michael (Writer),

Publisher

Bruno Gmünder GmbH, [2016].

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9783959850186

Category

art

Subjects

Art, Arts

Rating

4.78 / 5 (9 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14