'Presents a wealth of imagery and information about artists who commanded respect from their male contemporaries…as such it will be of great value both in reassessing the history of Surrealism and in illuminating the persistent marginalization of women’s art' - The Oxford Art Journal

'Professor Chadwick’s book has been centrally important and has initiated a vital re-centring of the whole Surrealist enterprise' - Times Higher Education Supplement

'Admirable' - Burlington Magazine

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'A classic' - ArtNews

This pioneering book stands as the most comprehensive treatment of the lives, ideas and art works of the remarkable group of women who were an essential part of the Surrealist movement. Frida Kahlo, Meret Oppenheim and Dorothea Tanning, among many others, became an embodiment of their age as they struggled towards artistic maturity and their own 'liberation of the spirit' in the context of the Surrealist revolution. Their stories and their achievements are presented here against the background of the turbulent decades of the 1920s, 30s and 40s, and the war that forced Surrealism into exile in New York and Mexico.With 145 illustrations in colour
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New in paperback, Whitney Chadwick's groundbreaking study of women in the Surrealist movement.
Introduction 1. Search for a Muse 2. The Muse as Artist 3. Revolution and Sexuality 4. The Female Earth: Nature and the Imagination 5. Women Artists and the Hermetic Tradition 6. Cycles of Narrative Fantasy Notes
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Whitney Chadwick's groundbreaking study of women in the Surrealist movement, now available in paperback

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780500296165
Publisert
2021-10-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
U, G, 05, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Forfatter
Foreword by

Biographical note

Whitney Chadwick is an art historian and educator, who has published widely on contemporary art, modernism, Surrealism, and gender and sexuality. Among her many books are Women, Art and Society, The Militant Muse and, with Isabelle de Courtivron, Significant Others: Creativity and Intimate Partnership.