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de Kooning: An American MasterMark Stevens, Annalyn Swan200630 pts3 wins3 listsKnopfBiographyArt, Music & Performance+2
Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant?Roz Chast201424 pts2 wins3 listsBloomsbury USAMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954Hilary Spurling199920 pts2 wins4 listsKnopfBiographyArtistic Biography
Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th CenturyJennifer Homans202220 pts1 wins5 listsRandom House Trade PaperbacksBiographyArt, Music & Performance+1
Just KidsPatti Smith201018 pts1 wins3 listsBloomsburyMemoir & AutobiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption+2
Jackson Pollock: An American SagaSteven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith198914 pts1 wins2 listsWoodward/WhiteBiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu NoguchiHayden Herrera200112 pts1 wins2 listsThames & HudsonBiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Wild Thing: A Life of Paul GauguinSue Prideaux202512 pts1 wins4 listsW. W. NortonBiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+1
Visions of Jazz: The First CenturyGary Giddins199810 pts1 wins1 listsOxford University PressArts & CriticismArtistic Biography
Savage Art: A Biography of Jim ThompsonRobert Polito199510 pts1 wins1 listsVintage BooksBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
Cocteau: A BiographyFrancis Steegmuller197010 pts1 wins1 listsLittle, BrownBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an AgeLeo Damrosch20198 pts1 wins2 listsYale University PressBiographyIntellectual Biography+3
What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap DancingBrian Seibert20168 pts1 wins2 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxArts & CriticismArtistic Biography
A Life of Picasso: Volume 2. The Cubist Rebel, 1907–1916John Richardson19918 pts1 wins2 listsJonathan CapeBiographyArtistic Biography
Mr. B: George Balanchine's Twentieth CenturyJennifer Homans20238 pts0 wins2 listsRandom HouseBiographyArtistic Biography
Still Looking: Essays on American ArtJohn Updike20068 pts0 wins2 listsPenguin BooksArts & CriticismArtistic Biography
Anne Sexton: A BiographyDiane Wood Middlebrook19918 pts0 wins2 listsViragoBiographyArtistic Biography
O'Neill Volume II: Son and ArtistLouis Sheaffer19748 pts0 wins2 listsUnknown imprintBiographyArtistic Biography
Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water LiliesRoss King20168 pts0 wins3 listsBloomsburyArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+2
Chagall: A BiographyJackie Wullschlager20086 pts0 wins2 listsKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
Apollo’s Angels: A History of BalletJennifer Homans20106 pts0 wins2 listsGranta BooksHistoryMemoir & Personal History+2
Easy Beauty: A MemoirChloé Cooper Jones20214 pts0 wins1 listsAvid Reader PressMemoir & AutobiographyArtistic Biography+2
Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New YorkAlexander Nemerov20214 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin Publishing GroupBiographyArtistic Biography+2
The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960sMaggie Doherty20204 pts0 wins1 listsKnopf Doubleday Publishing GroupBiographyArtistic Biography
Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting OverNell Painter20184 pts0 wins1 listsCounterpointMemoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Personal History+2
American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman RockwellDeborah Solomon20134 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyLiterature & Writers+2
The Red Man's Bones: George Catlin, Artist and ShowmanBenita Eisler20134 pts0 wins1 listsW. W. NortonBiographyArt, Music & Performance+2
The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio MasterpieceJonathan Harr20054 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Arshile Gorky: His Life and WorkHayden Herrera20034 pts0 wins1 listsBloomsburyBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917–1932John Richardson19974 pts0 wins1 listsPimlicoBiographyArtistic Biography
John Sloan: Painter and RebelJohn Loughery19974 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLgbtq History & Life+2
A Life of Picasso: Volume 1. The Prodigy, 1881–1906John Richardson19914 pts0 wins1 listsJonathan CapeBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American RomanceBenita Eisler19914 pts0 wins1 listsPenguin BooksBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
Giacometti: A BiographyJames Lord19854 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyArtistic Biography
Arts in America: A BibliographyBernard Karpel19794 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismArt, Music & Performance+2
America as ArtJoshua C. Taylor19764 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismArt, Music & Performance+2
Michelangelo's Last PaintingsLeo Steinberg19754 pts0 wins1 listsOxford University PressArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+1
Egon Schiele's PortraitsAlessandra Comini19744 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismArtistic Biography
Gesualdo: The Man and His MusicGlenn Watkins19744 pts0 wins1 listsUniversity of North Carolina PressBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
Ballet ChronicleB. H. Haggin19714 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismMemoir & Personal History+2
Daumier: Man of His TimeOliver Larkin19674 pts0 wins1 listsBeacon PressArts & CriticismLiterature & Writers+1
Apollinaire: Poet among the PaintersFrancis Steegmuller19634 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyLiterature & Writers+1
Charles Demuth: Behind A Laughing MaskEmily Farnham19594 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyMemoir & Personal History+1
"Your Isadora": The Love Story of Isadora Duncan & Gordon CraigFrancis Steegmuller19754 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyArtistic Biography
Glenn Gould: A Life and VariationsOtto Friedrich19894 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyArtistic Biography
Njinsky DancingLincoln Kirstein19764 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismArtistic Biography
On Film: Unpopular Essays on a Popular ArtVernon Young19734 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintArts & CriticismMemoir & Personal History+1
The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers BookArlene Croce19734 pts0 wins1 listsW. H. AllenArts & CriticismArtistic Biography
The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869–1908Hilary Spurling19984 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyAfrica & the African Diaspora+1
Voyager: A Life of Hart CraneJohn Unterecker19704 pts0 wins1 listsUnknown imprintBiographyTravel, Exploration & Place+2
Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess MargaretCraig Brown20182 pts0 wins1 listsFarrar, Straus and GirouxBiographyPresidential Biography+3
| 2006 | de Kooning: An American Master | Mark Stevens, Annalyn Swan | Biography | 30 | 3 | 3 | Knopf | Penguin Random House |
| 2014 | Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant? | Roz Chast | Memoir & Autobiography | 24 | 2 | 3 | Bloomsbury USA | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| 1999 | Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse, the Conquest of Colour, 1909–1954 | Hilary Spurling | Biography | 20 | 2 | 4 | Knopf | Penguin Random House |
| 2022 | Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century | Jennifer Homans | Biography | 20 | 1 | 5 | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Penguin Random House |
| 2010 | Just Kids | Patti Smith | Memoir & Autobiography | 18 | 1 | 3 | Bloomsbury | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| 1989 | Jackson Pollock: An American Saga | Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith | Biography | 14 | 1 | 2 | Woodward/White | Woodward/White |
| 2001 | Listening to Stone: The Art and Life of Isamu Noguchi | Hayden Herrera | Biography | 12 | 1 | 2 | Thames & Hudson | Thames & Hudson |
| 2025 | Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin | Sue Prideaux | Biography | 12 | 1 | 4 | W. W. Norton | W. W. Norton & Company |
| 1998 | Visions of Jazz: The First Century | Gary Giddins | Arts & Criticism | 10 | 1 | 1 | Oxford University Press | Oxford University Press |
| 1995 | Savage Art: A Biography of Jim Thompson | Robert Polito | Biography | 10 | 1 | 1 | Vintage Books | Penguin Random House |
| 1970 | Cocteau: A Biography | Francis Steegmuller | Biography | 10 | 1 | 1 | Little, Brown | Hachette Book Group |
| 2019 | The Club: Johnson, Boswell, and the Friends Who Shaped an Age | Leo Damrosch | Biography | 8 | 1 | 2 | Yale University Press | Yale University Press |
| 2016 | What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing | Brian Seibert | Arts & Criticism | 8 | 1 | 2 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Macmillan |
| 1991 | A Life of Picasso: Volume 2. The Cubist Rebel, 1907–1916 | John Richardson | Biography | 8 | 1 | 2 | Jonathan Cape | Penguin Random House |
| 2023 | Mr. B: George Balanchine's Twentieth Century | Jennifer Homans | Biography | 8 | 0 | 2 | Random House | Penguin Random House |
| 2006 | Still Looking: Essays on American Art | John Updike | Arts & Criticism | 8 | 0 | 2 | Penguin Books | Penguin Random House |
| 1991 | Anne Sexton: A Biography | Diane Wood Middlebrook | Biography | 8 | 0 | 2 | Virago | Hachette UK |
| 1974 | O'Neill Volume II: Son and Artist | Louis Sheaffer | Biography | 8 | 0 | 2 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 2016 | Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies | Ross King | Arts & Criticism | 8 | 0 | 3 | Bloomsbury | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| 2008 | Chagall: A Biography | Jackie Wullschlager | Biography | 6 | 0 | 2 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Penguin Random House |
| 2010 | Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet | Jennifer Homans | History | 6 | 0 | 2 | Granta Books | Granta Books |
| 2021 | Easy Beauty: A Memoir | Chloé Cooper Jones | Memoir & Autobiography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Avid Reader Press | Simon & Schuster |
| 2021 | Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York | Alexander Nemerov | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Penguin Publishing Group | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | The Equivalents: A Story of Art, Female Friendship, and Liberation in the 1960s | Maggie Doherty | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Penguin Random House |
| 2020 | Warhol | Blake Gopnik | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Ecco | HarperCollins |
| 2018 | Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over | Nell Painter | Memoir & Autobiography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Counterpoint | Counterpoint Press |
| 2013 | American Mirror: The Life and Art of Norman Rockwell | Deborah Solomon | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Macmillan |
| 2013 | The Red Man's Bones: George Catlin, Artist and Showman | Benita Eisler | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | W. W. Norton | W. W. Norton & Company |
| 2005 | The Lost Painting: The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece | Jonathan Harr | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 2003 | Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work | Hayden Herrera | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Bloomsbury | Bloomsbury Publishing |
| 1999 | Rembrandt's Eyes | Simon Schama | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Random House Canada | Penguin Random House Canada |
| 1997 | A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years, 1917–1932 | John Richardson | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Pimlico | Penguin Random House |
| 1997 | John Sloan: Painter and Rebel | John Loughery | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1997 | Nazimova: A Biography | Gavin Lambert | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Knopf | Penguin Random House |
| 1991 | A Life of Picasso: Volume 1. The Prodigy, 1881–1906 | John Richardson | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Jonathan Cape | Penguin Random House |
| 1991 | O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: An American Romance | Benita Eisler | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Penguin Books | Penguin Random House |
| 1985 | Giacometti: A Biography | James Lord | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Macmillan |
| 1979 | Arts in America: A Bibliography | Bernard Karpel | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1976 | America as Art | Joshua C. Taylor | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1975 | Michelangelo's Last Paintings | Leo Steinberg | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Oxford University Press | Oxford University Press |
| 1974 | Egon Schiele's Portraits | Alessandra Comini | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1974 | Gesualdo: The Man and His Music | Glenn Watkins | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | University of North Carolina Press | University of North Carolina Press |
| 1971 | Ballet Chronicle | B. H. Haggin | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1967 | Daumier: Man of His Time | Oliver Larkin | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Beacon Press | Beacon Press |
| 1963 | Apollinaire: Poet among the Painters | Francis Steegmuller | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1959 | Charles Demuth: Behind A Laughing Mask | Emily Farnham | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1975 | "Your Isadora": The Love Story of Isadora Duncan & Gordon Craig | Francis Steegmuller | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1989 | Glenn Gould: A Life and Variations | Otto Friedrich | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1976 | Njinsky Dancing | Lincoln Kirstein | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1973 | On Film: Unpopular Essays on a Popular Art | Vernon Young | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1973 | The Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers Book | Arlene Croce | Arts & Criticism | 4 | 0 | 1 | W. H. Allen | Penguin Random House |
| 1998 | The Unknown Matisse: Volume 1. The Early Years, 1869–1908 | Hilary Spurling | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 1970 | Voyager: A Life of Hart Crane | John Unterecker | Biography | 4 | 0 | 1 | Unknown | Not yet sourced |
| 2018 | Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret | Craig Brown | Biography | 2 | 0 | 1 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | Macmillan |
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All awards · Topic: Artistic Biography · Sorted by score · 54 books · filtered