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A dream and a chisel : Louisiana sculptor Angela Gregory in Paris, 1925-1928 / Angela Gregory and Nancy L. Penrose.
Fine Arts Library NB237.G825 A2 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gregory, Angela, 1903-1990, author.
- Penrose, Nancy L., author.
- Series:
- Women's diaries and letters of the South
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gregory, Angela, 1903-1990.
- Gregory, Angela.
- Bourdelle, Emile Antoine, 1861-1929.
- Bourdelle, Emile Antoine.
- Women sculptors--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Women sculptors.
- Women sculptors--France--Paris--Biography.
- Sculptors--Louisiana--New Orleans--Biography.
- Sculptors.
- Sculptors--France--Paris--Biography.
- Americans--France--Paris--Biography.
- Americans.
- France--Paris.
- Louisiana--New Orleans.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "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. Through sheer grit and persistence, Gregory achieved her dream of studying with French artist Antoine Bourdelle, one of Auguste Rodin's most trusted assistants and described by critics of the era as France's greatest living sculptor. In Bourdelle's Paris studio, Gregory learned not only sculpting techniques but also how to live life as an artist. Her experiences in Paris inspired a prolific sixty-year career in a field dominated by men"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Gregory, Angela, 1903-1990. Dream and a chisel.
- ISBN:
- 9781611179774
- 1611179777
- OCLC:
- 1032573403
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