Mid-Century Modern Women in the Visual Arts features an unparalleled collection of real-life heroines of the art, design, and fashion industries. - Gorgeous on display on the coffee table. - A great pick for Mid-Century architecture, design, and lifestyle fans - Includes a brilliant range of well-known Women and those who certainly should be - Makes for a treasured gift of inspiration for creative tweens to adults, as well as artists, designers, and feminists. - Wit, wisdom, and willfulness abound on page after page of this vibrant anthology.
Mid-Century Modern Women in the Visual Arts is a celebration of some of the most creative and successful Women of that era, and how their work still resonates today. - Brimming with original illustrations by Ellen Surrey - Includes an introduction by Gloria Fowler Discover Edith Head\'s humor, Alma Thomas\'s gift for color, Vera Neumann\'s inventive spirit, and Sister Corita Kent\'s life advice--as well as Yayoi Kusama, Mary Blair, Ruth Asawa, Eva Zeisel, Florence Knoll, and many more. - Entries feature a short biography of each prominent figure of the 1930s to the 1960s.
Each illustration is accompanied by a carefully selected quote-each lovely lady\'s own words to live by.
This gorgeous book is brimming with colorful, hand-painted portraits of each of the 25 creative women.
Mid-Century Modern Women in the Visual Arts features an unparalleled collection of real-life heroines of the art, design, and fashion industries
