Bernier has lived an unusually full life--remarkable for its vividness and diversity of experience--and she has known many of the greatest artists and composers of the 20th century. She has made a kind of literary scrapbook from an extraordinary array of writings, ranging from diary entries to her many contributions to the art journal "L'OEIL," which she co-founded in 1955.

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Rosamond Bernier has known many (one is tempted to say all) of the greatest artists and composers of the twentieth century. In Some of My Lives, she has made a kind of literary scrapbook from an extraordinary array of writings, ranging from scholarly articles for American publications to her many contributions to the art journal L'OEIL, which she cofounded in 1955.
Through the stories of her encounters with Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Leonard Bernstein, Max Ernst, Aaron Copland, Malcolm Lowry, and Karl Lagerfeld, we come to understand the sheer richness of Bernier's experiences and memories. Pithy, hilarious, and wise, Some of My Lives is a multifaceted self-portrait of a life informed and surrounded by the arts.