Books by Michael Schreiber
Don Bachardy: An Artist's Life
A figure as fascinating as any of his celebrated subjects, Don Bachardy has lived an extraordinary life at the heart of Hollywood, literary, and artistic circles. In this unique oral biography, Bachardy recounts his astonishing story, providing illuminating recollections of celebrity portrait sittings and revelations about his 30-year relationship with Christopher Isherwood. Theirs was a legendary love story, courageous and uncompromising for its time, and remarkable in any era for the creative collaborations and art it continues to inspire. Michael Schreiber has crafted a biography unlike any other, filled with tantalizing celebrity tales set against the backdrop of Bachardy's artistic and personal journey. Wise, warm, and thoroughly unflinching, this is a fresh and revealing portrait of a life lived with boundless bravery, curiosity, and love.
One-Man Show: The Life and
Art of Bernard Perlin
Bernard Perlin was an extraordinary figure in twentieth century American art and gay cultural history, an acclaimed artist and sexual renegade who reveled in pushing social, political, and artistic boundaries. In One-Man Show, Michael Schreiber chronicles Perlin’s storied life, illustrious friends and lovers, and astounding adventures through no-holds-barred interviews with the artist, candid excerpts from Perlin's unpublished memoirs, never-before-seen photos, and an extensive selection of Bernard Perlin's incredible public and private art.
This American House
Long before designing his signature Usonian houses, Frank Lloyd Wright envisioned an earlier series of affordable residences for the middle class: his Prairie-style American System-Built Homes. In 2013, Michael Schreiber and Jason Loper purchased one of the few American System-Built Homes ever built, the 1917 Meier House, which set them on a course of refurbishing and researching their new residence. In This American House, Schreiber and Loper trace the history of the Meier House through its previous owners, and shed light on this underexplored period of Wright's oeuvre while addressing what it means to be the stewards of a piece of history.
The Young and Evil
Lauded by Jerry Saltz as “one of the most reactionary yet radical visions of art,” The Young and Evil tells the story of a group of artists and writers active during the first half of the twentieth century, when homosexuality was as problematic for American culture as figuration was for modernist painting. Edited by Jarrett Earnest, who also curated the exhibition, The Young and Evil features new scholarship by art historians Ann Reynolds and Kenneth E. Silver and an interview with Alexander Jensen Yow by Michael Schreiber.
