Georgia O'Keeffe - A Life

Zusatztext Illuminating and fair-minded guide to the American art scene in the early and mid-twentieth century . Above all! Robinson makes one aware of the amount of hard work! self-sacrifice and singleminded determination which went into O'Keeffe's long career Informationen zum Autor Roxana Robinson is the author of ten books - six novels! three collections of short stories! and the biography of Georgia O'Keeffe. Four of these were chosen as New York Times Notable Books ! two as New York Times Editors' Choices. Her fiction has appeared in the New Yorker ! The Atlantic! Harper's ! Best American Short Stories ! Tin House and elsewhere. Her work has been widely anthologized and broadcast on NPR. Klappentext ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945) Vorwort Nominated for the Charles Eldredge Award for Scholarship, Smithsonian Institution Named one of the Recommended Books of the Year by The New York Times Zusammenfassung This biography draws on many sources closed to writers during O'Keeffe's lifetime and has the co-operation of the O'Keeffe family. O'Keeffe's life spanned nearly a century of ferment and change in America and although part of the modernist movement she established her own unique vision.

Product details

• Authors: Roxana Robinson, Robinson Roxana
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.1991
• EAN: 9780747507574
• ISBN: 978-0-7475-0757-4
• No. of pages: 656
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 197 mm x 50 mm
• Series: Print on demand
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; USA, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women, Biography: general, HISTORY / Women, ART / Women Artists, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of Art, History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -, United States of America, USA