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The women who inspired London art : the Avico sisters and other models of the early 20th century
- Title
- The women who inspired London art : the Avico sisters and other models of the early 20th century / Lucy Merello Peterson.
- Author
- Peterson, Lucy Merello
- Publication
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Books Limited ; Havertown, PA : Pen and Sword Books, 2018.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-3771 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- viii, 180 pages : illustrations (some color); 25 cm
- Summary
- This is the story of women caught up in the tumultuous art scene of the early twentieth century, some famous and others lost to time. By 1910 the patina of the belle époque was wearing thin in London. Artists were on the hunt for modern women who could hold them in thrall. A chance encounter on the street could turn an artless child into an artist's model, and a model into a muse. Most were accidental beauties, plucked from obscurity to pose in the great art schools and studios. Many returned home to lives that were desperately challenging - almost all were anonymous. Meet them now. Sit with them in the Café Royal amid the wives and mistresses of London's most provocative artists. Peel behind the brushstrokes and chisel cuts at women whose identities are some of art history's most enduring secrets. Drawing on a rich mélange of historical and anecdotal records and a primary source, this is storytelling that sweeps up the reader in the cultural tides that raced across London in the Edwardian, Great War and interwar periods. A highlight of the book is a reveal of the Avico siblings, a family of models whose faces can be found in paint and bronze and stone today. Their lives and contributions have been cloaked in a century of silence. Now, illuminated by family photos and oral histories from the daughter of one of the models, the Avico story is finally told.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword -- Author's preface. Part 1 Models and the times : Anonymous lives -- Colour lines. Part 2 Chasing beauty : International ideals -- Academic dilemmas -- Modern realities -- Bloomsbury doorsteps. Part 3 Unconventional women : The quiet canvas -- The club scene -- Wives and mistresses. Part 4 War and art : Echoes from the front -- The distaff side of war -- A brief return to order. Part 5 Freedom and fame : The It Girl arrives -- Footlights and fancy dress -- The changing dais. Part 6 The Avico Sisters : A revelation. Compendium of models -- Attributions for headings and images -- Endnotes -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-3771
- ISBN
- 1526725258
- 9781526725257
- 9781526751720
- 1526751720
- OCLC
- 1041529602
- Author
- Peterson, Lucy Merello, author.
- Title
- The women who inspired London art : the Avico sisters and other models of the early 20th century / Lucy Merello Peterson.
- Publisher
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Books Limited ; Havertown, PA : Pen and Sword Books, 2018.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-174) and index.
- Local Note
- ILLUSTRATED.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-3771