"An Artful Life is the first biography of [D.H. Kahnweiler], and of the friendships and rivalries with many of Europe's leading intellectuals that accompanied his seventy years as a dealer. It is, as well, a fastinating portrait of the business of buying and selling paintings during the cultural heyday of Paris, a city populated by such legendary colleagues as Ambroise Vollard, Léonce Rosenberg, and Aimé Maeght. Combining exhaustive research with a wealth of fascinating anecdotes, An Artful Life is essential reading for anyone interested in the development - both aesthetic and financial - of modern art." -- from interior flap. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Printed in black-and-white.