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the ephrussis were a grand banking family as rich and respected as the rothschilds who burned like a comet in nineteenth century paris and vienna society yet by the end of world war ii almost the only thing remaining of their vast empire was a collection of 264 wood and ivory carvings none of them larger than a matchbox the renowned ceramicist edmund de waal became the fifth generation to inherit this small and exquisite collection of netsuke entranced by their beauty and mystery he determined to trace the story of his family through the story of the collection the netsuke drunken monks almost ripe plums snarling tigers were gathered by charles ephrussi at the height of the parisian rage for all things japanese charles had shunned the place set aside for him in the family business to make a study of art and of beautiful living an early supporter of the impressionists he appears oddly formal in a top hat in renoir s luncheon of the boating party marcel proust studied charles closely enough to use him as a model for the aesthete and lover swann in remembrance of things past charles gave the carvings as a wedding gift to his cousin viktor in vienna his children were allowed to play with one netsuke each while they watched their mother the baroness emmy dress for ball after ball her older daughter grew up to disdain fashionable society longing to write she struck up a correspondence with rilke who encouraged her in her poetry the anschluss changed their world beyond recognition ephrussi and his cosmopolitan family were imprisoned or scattered and hitler s theorist on the jewish question appropriated their magnificent palace on the ringstrasse a library of priceless books and a collection of old master paintings were confiscated by the nazis but the netsuke were smuggled away by a loyal maid anna and hidden in her straw mattress years after the war she would find a way to return them to the family she d served even in their exile in the hare with amber eyes edmund de waal unfolds the story of a remarkable family and a tumultuous century sweeping yet intimate it is a highly original meditation on art history and family as elegant and precise as the netsuke themselves p the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and in the hare with amber eyes edmund de waal unfolds the story of a remarkable family and a tumultuous century sweeping yet intimate it is a highly original meditation on art history and family as elegant and precise as the netsuke themselves p p the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and 2009 08 31 the hare with amber eyes is biography and is a wonderful story of 264 japanese wood and ivory carvings and the unlocking of a story that spans from paris to vienna and to japan as the journey of the netsuke unfolds and that of the prominent and wealthy jewish ephrussi family the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and 2019 11 29 the hare with amber eyes a familya s century of art and loss your take will be just as personal and you might as well accept that going in a this is not a book about japanese art objects the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and loss summary study guide description they included renoir monet manet and pissaro among others charles became interested in japanese art which had become the rage he became intrigued with the intricately carved artwork known as netsuke editions of the hare with amber eyes a family s century editions for the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and loss 0374105979 hardcover published in 2010 0099539551 paperback published in 2 the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and loss ebook written by edmund de waal read this book using google play books app on your pc android ios devices download for offline reading highlight bookmark or take notes while you read the hare with amber eyes a family s century of art and loss p p amber eyes we have it on our website find information here adsearch info on helpwire com see yourself amber eyes
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