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Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism
- Title
- Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism / Whitney Chadwick.
- Author
- Chadwick, Whitney
- Publication
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2017.
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- 256 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five intense, far-reaching female friendships among the surrealists to show how surrealism and the experiences of war, loss and trauma shaped individual women's transitions from beloved muses to mature artists. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe's subversive activities in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the frontline.
- Uniform Title
- Militant muse
- Alternative Title
- Militant muse
- Love, war and the women of surrealism
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Art.
- History.
- Note
- Thames & Hudson London published this book with the same ISBN in 2017 with title: The militant muse : love, war and the women of surrealism.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-247) and index.
- Contents
- The alchemy of desire: Valentine Penrose and Alice Rahon Paalen, India 1937 -- The two Leonors: Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini Saint-Martin-d'Ardèche, 1938-41 -- 'I will write to you with my eyes' Frida Kahlo and Jacqueline Lamba Breton, Mexico and Paris, 1938-45 -- Soldiers without names Claude Cahun, Suzanne Malherbe and Jacqueline Lamba Breton, Jersey, 1938-45 -- Wars without end Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose, 1940-78.
- Call Number
- JQE 18-65
- ISBN
- 9780500239681
- 0500239681
- LCCN
- 2017931850
- OCLC
- 975365900
- Author
- Chadwick, Whitney, author.
- Title
- Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism / Whitney Chadwick.
- Publisher
- New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2017.
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-247) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JQE 18-65