Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones: The Artist Who Lived Twice

Цена 25.95 - 41.65 USD

EAN/UPC/ISBN Code 9781432760038


Издатель Outskirts Press

Страниц 228

Год выпуска 2010

A Painter"s Tragedy and Triumph RevealedWith the recent surge of the American painter"s popularity, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones: The Artist Who Lived Twice captivates readers by revealing little-known details about the journey of a woman (1885-1968) almost forgotten by the art world if not for an accidental discovery. As a golden girl of the art world-christened by New York critics as its "find of the year" in 1908, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, still in her teens, sold her American impressionism-style paintings for the equivalent of about fifty thousand dollars today. From a prominent family, she won nearly every award including the highest honor of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, two years study in Europe. In her notebook, she scribbled a quote by Walt Whitman: He only wins who goes far enough... And then, she disappeared. In a time when mental illness is associated with devil possession, Sparhawk-Jones leaves behind everything she"s gained from her life-long devotion to...