Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick

Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism

Whitney Chadwick

256 pages first pub 2017 (editions)

nonfiction art biography history challenging informative slow-paced
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Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick is a captivating read for anyone fascinated by the intersection of art, history, and female empowerment, offering a rich and intimate portrait of the unsung heroines of the Surrealist movement who defied convention and forged their own paths to creative expression.

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Farewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Foc...

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