Restless ambition
Subtitle: Grace Hartigan, painter
By: Cathy Curtis
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 420
ISBN-13: 9780199394500
Subjects: Painters; Women painters; Biography
Description: "This first-ever biography of American painter Grace Hartigan traces her rise from virtually self-taught painter to art-world fame, her plunge into obscurity after leaving New York to marry a scientist in Baltimore, and her constant efforts to reinvent her style and subject matter. Along the way, there were multiple affairs, four troubled marriages, a long battle with alcoholism, and a chilly relationship with her only child." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The weekend that changed her life; title: Escape artist (1922-1944). Dreaming; title: Searching; title: Learning; title: New York Adventure (1945-1949). Risking; title: Connecting; title: Coping; title: Rising star (1950-1955). Struggling; title: Launching; title: Succeeding; title: Asserting; title: Fame (1956-1960). Celebrating; title: Swerving; title: Beginning again in Baltimore (1961-2008). Drifting; title: Teaching; title: Unraveling; title: Renewing; title: Prevailing.