A Dream and a Chisel - Louisiana Sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925û1928

A portrait of a young artist's formative years studying sculpture in Paris, recounted in her own words

About the author

Nancy L. Penrose is an award-winning writer whose essays have been published in many literary magazines and in anthologies. She is the coauthor, with Khoo Seow Hwa, of Behind the Brushstrokes: Appreciating Chinese Calligraphy. From 1999 to 2014 Penrose served as writer, editor, and communications coordinator for the University of Washington's ocean observatory program.

Summary

Angela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor. In A Dream and a Chisel, Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose explore Gregory's desire, even as a teenager, to learn the art of cutting stone and to become a sculptor.

Product details

• Authors: Angela Gregory, Angela/ Penrose Gregory, Nancy L Penrose, Nancy L. Penrose
• Publisher: Univ of south carolina press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781611179774
• ISBN: 978-1-61117-977-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Women's Diaries and Letters of; Women's Diaries and Letters of; Women's Diaries and Letters of the South
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts