Sculpting a Life Chana Orloff Between Paris and Tel Aviv.

"The first biography of sculptor Chana Orloff, and the first to include stories from her unpublished "memoir," which focus on the artist's early life in Ukraine, her family's move to Palestine and Orloff's life there (1905-1910), and her subsequent years between Paris a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Birnbaum, Paula J.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : Brandeis University Press, 2023.
Series:HBI Series on Jewish Women Ser.
Subjects:
Orloff, Chana, > 1888-1968.
Orloff, Chana, > 1888-1968
Women sculptors > Israel > Biography.
Sculptors > Israel > Biography.
Sculptrices > Israël > Biographies.
Sculpteurs > Israël > Biographies.
ART / Sculpture & Installation.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Artists, Architects, Photographers.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General
Women sculptors
Sculptors
Israel
Biographies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1. Ukrainian Beginnings, 1888-1905
  • 2. Moving to the Promised Land, 1905-1907
  • 3. Becoming a New Hebrew Woman, 1907-1910
  • 4. Paris: From Haute Couture to Avant-Garde, 1910-1913
  • 5. Forging a Career at the Onset of War, 1913-1916
  • 6. Orloff during Wartime: Amazon, Mother, and Widow, 1916-1919
  • 7. Portraitist of Montparnasse, 1919-1925
  • 8. Villa Seurat: Building a Studio and a Community, 1926-1929
  • 9. Transatlantic Travel and Networks, 1929-1930
  • 10. From Paris to Tel Aviv: The Jewish Art World in the Pre-State, 1930s
  • 11. Occupation and Escape, 1938-1942
  • 12. Exile and Return, 1942-1948
  • 13. "Israeli Artist of the École de Paris," 1948-1968
  • 14. Conclusion: Legacy in Israel and France
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index
  • Color plates

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