A dream and a chisel : Louisiana sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925-1928 /

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"Angela Gregory is considered by many the doyenne of Louisiana sculpture and is a notable twentieth century American sculptor. In A Dream and a Chisel, Angela Gregory and Nancy Penrose explore Gregory's desire, even as a teenager, to learn the art of cutting stone and to become a sculptor....

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Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Gregory, Angela, 1903-1990 (Author), Penrose, Nancy L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:Women's diaries and letters of the South.
Subjects:
Gregory, Angela, > 1903-1990.
Bourdelle, Emile Antoine, > 1861-1929.
Gregory, Angela, > 1903-1990
Women sculptors > Louisiana > New Orleans > Biography.
Women sculptors > France > Paris > Biography.
Sculptors > Louisiana > New Orleans > Biography.
Sculptors > France > Paris > Biography.
Americans > France > Paris > Biography.
Sculptrices > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Biographies.
Sculptrices > France > Paris > Biographies.
Sculpteurs > Louisiane > La Nouvelle-Orléans > Biographies.
Sculpteurs > France > Paris > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Artists, Architects, Photographers.
ART > Sculpture & Installation.
Americans.
Sculptors.
Women sculptors.
France > Paris.
Louisiana > New Orleans.
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A childhood for art: growing up in New Orleans
  • Getting to Paris: the Parsons Scholarship
  • The dream comes true: first lessons from Bourdelle
  • Fully accepted: granted the keys to Bourdelle's studio
  • Mastering technique: the rewards of hard work
  • Selina arrives: a broken leg shatters happy plans
  • Art and friendship: getting to know Joseph Campbell
  • Epilogue: the master passes: Bourdelle's death
  • Appendix: list of sculptural works.

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