Sonia Delaunay, wife of painter Robert Delaunay, and co-founder of the Orphist school in 1910, was the center of a brilliant circle in Paris.
Madsen died in 2007..
Over the years, Madsen interviewed scores of movers and shakers, from legends like Goldwyn and Selznick to directors like Howard Hawks, Louis Milestone, and Rouben Mamoulian.
He wrote and produced the ITV documentary version of The Sewing Circle .
His Hollywood biographies include the life stories of directors William Wyler, John Huston, and Barbara Stanwyck, as well as an examination of Golden Age Hollywood\'s gay underground in The Sewing Circle .
Scott, and was fired off Myra Breckinridge for siding with director Mike Sarne against producer Robert Fryer.
As a 20th Century Fox publicist, he handled Robert Redford, Paul Newman, and George C.
Madsen began his journalism career as a legman for columnist Art Buchwald in Paris, and later wrote one of the first books on television\'s longest-running news magazine show, 60 Minutes: The Power and the Politics of America\'s Most Popular TV News Show .
His most notable works include an in-depth look at the life of a legendary fashion icon, Chanel: A Woman of Her Own , and an investigation of the relationship between Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy, Gloria and Joe: The Star-Crossed Love Affair of Gloria Swanson and Joe Kennedy .
About the Author: Axel Madsen authored twenty-two books, including sixteen biographies.
Madsen offers a rich and compelling look at this fascinating and influential woman, the first living female Artist to have a retrospective show at the Louvre.
Sonia Delaunay, wife of painter Robert Delaunay, and co-founder of the Orphist school in 1910, was the center of a brilliant circle in Paris
