Amazing Grace: A Life of Beauford Delaney

Author/Contributor(s):	Leeming, David
Publisher:	Karma, New York
Date:	01/07/2025
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

"David Leeming delves into the captivating life of Beauford Delaney (1901-1979), an artist who defied convention and left an indelible mark on both art history and everyone he encountered - including the diverse array of writers, artists, and musicians, from Henry Miller and Jean Genet, to James Baldwin and Georgia O'Keeffe, whom he kept close. Tracing Delaney's humble beginnings in a deeply religious family in Knoxville, Tennessee, to New York, to his final years in Paris, Leeming draws not only on his close friendship with the artist but also journals, notebooks, letters, and critical reviews, guiding the reader through the evolution of his practice and his remarkable life. This new edition of Leeming's landmark 1998 biography features an introduction by Hilton Als. 'Delaney, ' Als writes, 'saved his own life through art, the making of worlds based on what he saw in his internal and external universe'"--