Bibliograph

Alice Neel, the art of not sitting pretty, Phoebe Hoban

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Alice Neel, the art of not sitting pretty, Phoebe Hoban

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [393]-480) and index

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individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsportraitsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Alice Neel

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Phoebe Hoban

Sub title

the art of not sitting pretty

Summary

Documents the life of the American artist, from her education at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women to the development of her controversial political views and the role of the feminist movement in enabling her recognition

Table Of Contents

Studio still life -- Childhood's canvas -- Designing women -- En plein air -- Limbo -- Tropical soul -- (You can go) home again -- Futility of effort -- The bell jar -- Resurrection -- Next stop, Grenwich Village -- The easel project -- A man's a man for all that -- Moving on -- Jose and Spanish Harlem -- More truth -- Enter Sam -- Painting in oblivion -- Domestic dramas -- Monsters and victims -- In the middle of the road -- Romancero Guajiro -- Pull my daisy (from flower to power) -- Their balls are just higher up -- Vindication -- Bowing out -- Last look -- Coda -- Epilogue

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Art of not sitting pretty

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