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Last Bohemian: The Life and Times of Jonathan David Batchelor Part 1

Last Bohemian: The Life and Times of Jonathan David Batchelor Part 1

Rosenstein, Julia Antoinette

Paperback

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ISBN10: 1968491325
ISBN13: 9781968491321
Publisher: Studio of Books LLC
Published: Aug 29 2025
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.15
Height: 0.78 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Book Summary

In this day and age, one would be hard-pressed to find any human being living as a complete bohemian, building his life based not upon finances or money, but upon philosophy, love of art, and music. Jonathan David Batchelor was such a man. An unusual child, he evolved into a very eccentric adult with an archetypal free-spirited nonconformist existence. Part I of his story revolves around his upbringing and closeness with his musical father. Sadly, Jonathan's mother succumbed to mental illness when Jonathan was but a wee bit lad. Because she had to be institutionalized, the boy was without a mother for his younger years. Father and son were a family unit unto themselves and struggled through the Great Depression. Jonathan was a self-taught painter, although he did seek instruction from two Southern California artists who set his imaginative heart flaming. As a young adult, he explored Carmel's art colony and eventually landed at UC Berkeley with a WPA job. The WPA work gave Jonathan stability and also brought him together with his first wife.

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