Farewell to the muse
Subtitle: love, war and the women of surrealism
By: Whitney Chadwick
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780500239681
Subjects: Surrealism; Women artists; Surrealist artists; World War, 1939-1945; Art and the war; History
Other titles: Love, war and the women of surrealism
Work titles: Militant muse
Description: Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five intense, far-reaching female friendships among the surrealists to show how surrealism and the experiences of war, loss and trauma shaped individual women's transitions from beloved muses to mature artists. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe's subversive activities in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the frontline.
Notes: Thames & Hudson London published this book with the same ISBN in 2017 with title: The militant muse : love, war and the women of surrealism.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-247) and index.