Bohemian Rogue
Stephen C. Jordan
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Description for Bohemian Rogue
paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Artist John Decker was born in Germany in 1895, but found his fame in Hollywood during the 1930s and '40s. At the age of 13, he was abandoned by his parents in London, where he found work painting scenery for the theatre circuit. Taken under the wing of a talented forger, Decker developed a remarkable ability to recreate works by the old Masters—a skill that helped land him in jail, but also brought him thousands of dollars throughout his life. After stowing away to America in 1921, Decker became a caricaturist for a New York paper. In 1928 he left ... Read more
Artist John Decker was born in Germany in 1895, but found his fame in Hollywood during the 1930s and '40s. At the age of 13, he was abandoned by his parents in London, where he found work painting scenery for the theatre circuit. Taken under the wing of a talented forger, Decker developed a remarkable ability to recreate works by the old Masters—a skill that helped land him in jail, but also brought him thousands of dollars throughout his life. After stowing away to America in 1921, Decker became a caricaturist for a New York paper. In 1928 he left ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810851597
SKU
V9780810851597
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Ref
99-15
About Stephen C. Jordan
Stephen C. Jordan has written articles for several publications including the Portland Press Herald and the Sporting News. He is also a freelance illustrator, whose work has appeared in newspapers as well as commissioned by sports organizations, including the Boston Red Sox. He is the author of Hollywood's Original Rat Pack: The Bards of Bundy Drive (Scarecrow, 2008).
Reviews for Bohemian Rogue
...Decker, a painter noted in his day for comic caricatures in the style of the Old Masters (his portrait of [W.C.] Fields as Queen Victoria famously hung in the entry of Chasen's restaurant until its closing in 1995). His life described in depth for the first time in "Bohemian Rogue," a 2005 biography by Maine attorney Stephen Jordan, Decker emerges ... Read more