The Resource Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism, Whitney Chadwick
Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism, Whitney Chadwick
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The item Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism, Whitney Chadwick represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Houston Public Library.
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 256 pages
- 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
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780500239681
- Label
- Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism
- Title
- Farewell to the muse
- Title remainder
- love, war and the women of surrealism
- Statement of responsibility
- Whitney Chadwick
- Title variation
- Love, war and the women of surrealism
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chadwick, Whitney
- Dewey number
- 709.04063
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- NX456.5.S8
- LC item number
- C43 2017
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Surrealism
- Women artists
- Surrealist artists
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War (1939-1945)
- Surrealism
- Surrealist artists
- Women artists
- Label
- Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism, Whitney Chadwick
- 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn975365900
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500239681
- Lccn
- 2017931850
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)975365900
- (Sirsi) a2058134
- Label
- Farewell to the muse : love, war and the women of surrealism, Whitney Chadwick
- 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- ocn975365900
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 256 pages
- Isbn
- 9780500239681
- Lccn
- 2017931850
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color), portraits
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)975365900
- (Sirsi) a2058134
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