Alive Still: Nell Blaine, American Painter

by Cathy Curtis

Book Overview

Among the women artists who came to prominence in the postwar era in New York, painter Nell Blaine had a uniquely hard-won career. In her mid-thirties, her horizons seemed limitless. Her shows received glowing reviews, ARTnews honored her with a lengthy feature article, and one of her paintings hung in the Whitney Museum. Then, on a trip to Greece, Blaine developed polio, rendering her a paraplegic. Angry at being told she would never paint again,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190908815
• ISBN13: 9780190908812
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"