2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Winner
![Matisse the Master: Volume 2. The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580980753-3677-image-3.jpg)
Matisse the Master: Volume 2. The Conquest of Colour: 1909-1954
Hilary Spurling
Chronicles the later years of the influential artist, interweaving analyses of his work with a study of Matisse’s relationships with family and friends, trips around the world, the women in his life, and the continuing influences on the evolution of his a…
2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize – Biography Shortlist
![Melville: His World and Work](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580980256-3636-image-3.jpg)
Melville: His World and Work
Andrew Delbanco
![Mencken: The American Iconoclast](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580979985-3614-image-3.jpg)
Mencken: The American Iconoclast
Marion Elizabeth Rodgers
![Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580846962-58909-image-3.jpg)
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
![The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580971054-2912-image-3.jpg)