Primary Format: E-book | |
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ISBN: | 9781611684964 |
Published: | 01/07/2013 |
Pages: | 204 |
Size: | 6 x 9 in. |
Subject(s): | Biography and Letters |
Carrying the Torch: Maud Howe Elliott and the American Renaissance
Nancy Whipple Grinnell
E-book: $28.99A masterful and superbly researched biography of a figure central to the development of American art and culture in the period from 1880 to 1940. Very progressive in her politics, Maud Howe Elliott was a popular author who appears to have known nearly everybody from Isabella Stewart Gardner to John La Farge and Albert Pinkham Ryder. This is a vital book for anybody interested in the arts in America.
—Richard Guy Wilson, Commonwealth Professor and chair, Department of Architectural History, University of Virginia
Nancy Grinnell’s outstanding research and writing, drawing on very rich source material, and her witty, objective telling of the story of Maud Howe Elliott have brought us what will become one of the classics of American art history. This book is a must-read for all who care about American art. Read it, also, for insights into Newport society and into the essence of Yankee character.
—Sinclair Hitchings, keeper of prints emeritus, Boston Public Library
Interweaving literature, society, and culture, Grinnell’s biographical tapestry reveals a woman whose life was privileged and civic-minded-and yet private and cloistered. Gracefully written and thoroughly documented, this illuminating book will be of interest to anyone intrigued by the last 150 years of New England (and especially Newport, Rhode Island) history.
—James L. Yarnall, professor of art history and chair, Department of Art, Salve Regina University
The magic of this book lies in the intimate portrait of Elliott skillfully crafted and documented by Grinnell. By assembling anecdotes from personal letters and interviews, Grinnell gives us a cohesive and deeply psychological profile of a talented and conflicted woman.
—Catherine Little Bert, Bert Gallery
NANCY WHIPPLE GRINNELL is curator and archivist at the Newport Art Museum.