Sisters of the Brush: Women`s Artistic Culture in Late Nineteenth-Century Paris

by Tamar Garb

The Union of Women Painters and Sculptors was founded in Paris in 1881 to represent the interests of women artists and to facilitate the exhibition of their work. This lively and informative book traces the history of the first fifteen years of the organization and places it in the contexts of the Paris art world and the development of feminism in the late nineteenth century.

Tamar Garb explores how the Union campaigned to have women artists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300059035
• ISBN13: 9780300059038
• Release Date: April 1994
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 10.4"