The Neville-Strass Collection: American Women Artists 1819-1947 By Stephanie Strass
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Issued in conjunction with a 2003 exhibition. Introductory text essay engagingly written by Stephanie A. Strass. Other text by Anne Sue Hirshorn, Page Talbott, Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, and Tara Leigh Tappert. Each artist is accompanied by a biography and information regarding her works and their importance. Subjects include portraits, still lifes, Natural Bridge in Virginia, Monhegan, Carmel, Brittany, Cortina d'Ampezzo in Italy, The Weeden House in Matunuck, Rhode Island, San Juan Capistrano, Point Fermin in Long Beach, California, and the Hudson River, among others. ARTISTS INCLUDED: Selena P. Allan, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Paula Himmelsbach Balano, Martha Bare, Alice Beard, Anna Richards Brewster, Mary Cable Butler, Isabel Branson Cartwright, Minerva Josephine Chapman, Alice Eliza Cleaver, Edith Varian Cockcroft, J. C. Ellis, Florence Este, Sarah Goodridge, Catharine Ann (Drinker) Janvier, Mary de Neale Morgan, Willie Betty Newman, Anna Claypoole Peale, Mary Jane Peale, Sarah Miriam Peale, May Wilson Preston, Emma Roseloe Sparks Prentice, Agnes Millen Richmond, Emily Sartain, Pamela Colman Smith, Annie M. Snyder, M. Josephine Walters, Susan Catherine Walters, Camelia Whitehurst, Rachel Ramsey Wiles, and Louise Eleanor Zaring. A terrific reference, with wonderful illustrations and lots of original research. Scarce.
