| Kewpies and Beyond: The World of Rose O'Neill Contributor(s): Armitage, Shelley (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 161703214X ISBN-13: 9781617032141 Publisher: University Press of Mississippi OUR PRICE: $34.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Artists, Architects, Photographers - Art | History - Modern (late 19th Century To 1945) - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Studies in Popular Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 7" W x 10" (0.94 lbs) 242 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A self-made woman with no formal art training, Rose O'Neill (1875-1944) was not only hugely financially successful through her illustration work and the production of Kewpie dolls, but also through her exhibited drawings and sculpture in solo shows in Paris and New York. Kewpie made her a famous figure commercially, but few recognize her today as a serious artist and a political subversive who expressed sympathy for minorities, suffragettes, and victims of intolerance and who struggled with her own expression in a male-dominated field. |
Contributor Bio(s): Armitage, Shelley: - Shelley Armitage is Professor Emerita of English and American Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her numerous publications include Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place, Bones Incandescent: The Pajarito Journals of Peggy Pond Church, and John Held, Jr.: Illustrator of the Jazz Age. |