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These two art pieces were purchased by Joseph Brodsky at New York's Atmosphere Gallery in 1995. |
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Valentine Valshan Portrait of the Cat October 17, 1994 |
Valentine Valshan Portrait of the Tomcat October 14, 1994 |
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Celebrated as the greatest Russian poet of his generation, Brodsky authored nine volumes of poetry, as well as several collections of essays, and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1987.
His first book of poetry in English translation appeared in 1973.
In addition to teaching positions at Columbia University and Mount Holyoke College, where he taught for fifteen years, Brodsky served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1991 to 1992. In 1993, he joined with Andrew Carroll to found the American Poetry & Literacy Project, a not-for-profit organization devoted to making poetry a more central part of American culture, "as ubiquitous," in Brodsky's words, "as the nature that surrounds us, and from which poetry derives many of its similes; or as ubiquitous as gas stations, if not as cars themselves."
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These two art pieces were purchased by Joseph Brodsky at New York's Atmosphere Gallery in 1995. |
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Valentine Valshan Portrait of the Cat October 17, 1994 |
Valentine Valshan Portrait of the Tomcat October 14, 1994 |
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