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Women picturing women : from personal spaces to public ventures

Title
Women picturing women : from personal spaces to public ventures / Patricia Phagan.
Author
Phagan, Patricia (Patricia Elaine)
Publication
Poughkeepsie, New York : Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, [2021]

Details

Additional Authors
Vassar College. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, organizer, host institution.
Description
155 pages : illustrations (some color); 28 cm
Summary
"Beginning in 1877 with Vassar College's first commission of a female artist to portray a contemporary female figure, through the ensuing years, the work of an increasing number of women artists was exhibited in various College buildings and discussed in print, including paintings by Lilly Martin Spencer, Cecilia Beaux, and Mary Cassatt. Women Picturing Women traces the history of artists and artists' subjects at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College"--
Subject
  • Vassar College > Art patronage > Exhibitions
  • Vassar College
  • Women in art > Exhibitions
  • Women artists > Exhibitions
  • Femmes dans l'art > Expositions
  • Femmes artistes > Expositions
  • Art patronage
  • Women artists
  • Women in art
Genre/Form
  • exhibition catalogs.
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Exhibition catalogs.
  • Catalogues d'exposition.
Note
  • "This publication accompanies the exhibition Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public Ventures at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, from February 6 to June 13, 2021"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154).
Contents
Portraits. Intimate appraisals -- Idyllic landscapes. Comfort and security -- Domestic scenes. Private and personal -- Narratives. The stimulus of ideas -- Documentary photographs. Into the streets.
ISBN
  • 9781646570218
  • 1646570219
LCCN
  • 2021007456
  • 40030805584
OCLC
1238129343
Author
Phagan, Patricia (Patricia Elaine), author.
Title
Women picturing women : from personal spaces to public ventures / Patricia Phagan.
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-154).
Added Author
Vassar College. Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, organizer, host institution.
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