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By: Elizabeth Lunday

ISBN: 9781594742576
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Oct 2008
Publisher: Quirk Books
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Suitable for art lovers, this work helps you learn about the artists behind your favourite artworks: Michelangelo had such repellent body odour that his assistants couldn't stand working for him; Vincent Van Gogh sometimes ate paint directly from the tube; and Gustav Klimt allegedly fathered at least 40 illegitimate children.


(Paperback)

By: Elizabeth Lunday

ISBN: 9781594744020
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Aug 2009
Publisher: Quirk Books
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Helps you learn that: Frederic Chopin had his heart removed before burial, due to his grave fear of being buried alive; Sergei Rachmaninoff hated the sound of his own music and despised performing it; and, Gustav Mahler was rarely invited to dinner parties because he would eat nothing but whole wheat bread and apples.