Stars: 3
Review by: Mandy Apgar
The obvious
biography of the artist, a younger son of parents born when they were in
their thirties (they had been married at 21, had no kids for 12 years
and then 10 in a row, sheesh)that showed talent
at an early age. Working in his teens he began showing by 17, married
into money and tried to work amongst the upper class but he spent said
money like anything and that was probably his biggest fault. He and his
wife had one surviving child, a son, and she
died shortly after his birth. He lived with two women in succession
after her death, causing some controversy in turn (especially when the
later bore him an illegitimate daughter) and still kept spending money
like anything, constantly getting in trouble for
it. Shortly after his son's death of plague he too died, most likely of
the same illness, at 63, his success locally being tainted by his
scandals over spending and women.
No comments:
Post a Comment