Alive still : Nell Blaine, American painter / Cathy Curtis.
2019
ND237.B597 C87 2019
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Title
Alive still : Nell Blaine, American painter / Cathy Curtis.
ISBN
9780190908843 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
ND237.B597 C87 2019
Dewey Decimal Classification
759.13
Summary
In 1942, at age 20, after a vision-impaired and rebellious childhood in Richmond, Virginia, Nell Blaine decamped for New York. Operations had corrected her eyesight, and she was newly aware of modern art, so different from the literal style of her youthful drawings. In Manhattan, her life was hectic, with raucous parties in her loft, lovers of both sexes, and freelance design jobs. Initially drawn to the rigorous formalism of Piet Mondrian, she received critical praise for her jazzy absractions. During the 1950s, she began to paint interiors and landscapes. By 1959, when the Whitney Museum purchased one of her paintings, her career was firmly established. That year, she contracted a severe form of polio on a trip to Greece; suddenly, she was a paraplegic. Undaunted, she taught herself to paint in oil with her left hand, reserving her right hand for watercolours.
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Also issued in print: 2019.
In 1942, at age 20, after a vision-impaired and rebellious childhood in Richmond, Virginia, Nell Blaine decamped for New York. Operations had corrected her eyesight, and she was newly aware of modern art, so different from the literal style of her youthful drawings. In Manhattan, her life was hectic, with raucous parties in her loft, lovers of both sexes, and freelance design jobs. Initially drawn to the rigorous formalism of Piet Mondrian, she received critical praise for her jazzy absractions. During the 1950s, she began to paint interiors and landscapes. By 1959, when the Whitney Museum purchased one of her paintings, her career was firmly established. That year, she contracted a severe form of polio on a trip to Greece; suddenly, she was a paraplegic. Undaunted, she taught herself to paint in oil with her left hand, reserving her right hand for watercolours.
In 1942, at age 20, after a vision-impaired and rebellious childhood in Richmond, Virginia, Nell Blaine decamped for New York. Operations had corrected her eyesight, and she was newly aware of modern art, so different from the literal style of her youthful drawings. In Manhattan, her life was hectic, with raucous parties in her loft, lovers of both sexes, and freelance design jobs. Initially drawn to the rigorous formalism of Piet Mondrian, she received critical praise for her jazzy absractions. During the 1950s, she began to paint interiors and landscapes. By 1959, when the Whitney Museum purchased one of her paintings, her career was firmly established. That year, she contracted a severe form of polio on a trip to Greece; suddenly, she was a paraplegic. Undaunted, she taught herself to paint in oil with her left hand, reserving her right hand for watercolours.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 13, 2019).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780190908812
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