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Portrait of a Life: Melanie Klein and the Artists

Author(s) : Roger Amos

Reviews and Endorsements

Roger Amos has written and illustrated a fascinating work on the relationships between Melanie Klein and the artists who portrayed her. This book sheds important new light on her character and also on those of the photographers and artists.
John Steiner, Treasurer of the Melanie Klein Trust

In this carefully researched and often moving book, Roger Amos brings together the worlds of portraiture and psychoanalysis. In an articulate and sympathetic way, with wonderful illustrations, the author addresses the sometimes strained relationships between the pioneering psychoanalyst Melanie Klein and the artists who tried to capture her essential qualities in their work.
Irma Brenman Pick, past President of the British Psychoanalytical Society

At the heart of Roger Amos’ work is a haunting question: Why did Melanie Klein destroy two works of art created of her, a bust by Oscar Nemon and a painting by William Coldstream? Amos addresses this question with in-depth research and an artist’s intuitive grasp of mood, tone, and emotional resonance. The reader will be rewarded with a compassionate insight into a complex personality.
Donald Campbell, past President of the British Psychoanalytical Society

… this slim volume is a fascinating visual and thoughtful addition to previous accounts of her life. Amos … has thereby succeeded in creating a veritable page turner.
Janet Sayers, British Journal of Psychotherapy