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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...Marlborough House, Osborne, and Balmoral. One dog died after first sitting; had to finish from dead dog. Live in charming little cottage with genuine old-fashioned garden in St. John's Wood." Mrs. Massey has exhibited at the Royal Academy and New Gallery, and has held a special exhibition of her pictures of dogs at the Fine Art Society, New Bond Street, London. Massip, Marguerite. Member of the Society of Swiss Painters and Sculptors and of the Society of Arts and Letters, Geneva. Born at Geneva. Made her studies in Florence and Paris under the professors in the public schools. Her picture of "Le Buveur" is in the Museum of Geneva; "Five o'Clock Tea," also in a Geneva Museum; "La Bohemienne" is at Nice; "The Engagement "--a dancer--at St. Gall, and a large number of portraits in various cities, belonging to their subjects and their families. Her portrait of Mme. M. L. was very much praised when exhibited in proximity with the works of some of the famous French artists. One critic writes: "The painting is firm and brilliant. The hands are especially beautiful; we scarcely know to whom we can compare Mme. Massip, unless to M. Paul Dubois. They have the same love of art, the same soberness of tone, the same scorn of artifice.... The woman who has signed such a portrait is a great artist." It is well known that the famous sculptor is a remarkable portraitist. In a review of the Salon at Nice we read: "A portrait by Mme. Massip is a magnificent canvas, without a single stroke of the charlatan. The pose is simple and dignified; there is the serenity and repose of a woman no longer young, who makes no pretension to preserve her vanishing beauty; the costume, in black, is so managed that it would not appear superannuated nor ridiculous at any period. The...
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- PublisherHacker Art Books
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0878171509
- ISBN 13 9780878171507
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages395
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Women in the fine arts, from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Very Fine. Second Edition. Hardcover in light blue linen cloth. 305pp., Illustrated. First edition thus of the re-issue of the original 1904 edition, with holograph of the original edition's title page used as secondary title page. Previous owner's book-plate affixed inside front cover. A very clean, square, crisp copy. No marking or hghlighting. An excellent reference source in very fine condition. Seller Inventory # 007812
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