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Monumental dreams : the life and sculpture of Ann Norton / Caroline Seebohm.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Gainesville : University Press of Florida, (c)2014.Description: 1 online resource (225 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780813048789
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • NB237 .M668 2014
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Subject: In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists. Young American artists quickly responded by experimenting with impressionism, cubism, and abstraction. In Monumental Dreams, author Caroline Seebohm tells the riveting story of how Ann Norton (1905-1982)-a child of the South who had eschewed her Alabama roots to become a sculptor in New York City-joined this new guard. She studied with John Hovannes and Jose de Creeft and was studio assistant to Alexander Archipenko. Her work was well received, and.
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Cover; Contents; Prologue; Part I. Southern Roots: Selma, Alabama, 1905-1930; 1. The Origins of a Great Alabama Family; 2. Childhood in Selma; 3. Early Success; Part II. The Art World in Turmoil: New York, 1930-1942; 4. A Tumultuous Education; 5. The Emergence of an Artist; 6. A Rare Friendship; 7. Career Challenges; 8. A Turning Point; Part III. From Annie Vaughan Weaver to Ann Norton: Florida, 1943-1953; 9. The Savior from Chicago; 10. A Reticent Romance; 11. Marriage and a New Life; 12. A Growing Confidence; Part IV. The Journey to the Source: Florida, 1954-1982; 13. New Freedom, New Work.

14. Figures in the Landscape15. East and West, New Relationships; 16. Dreams of Selma; 17. Time Runs Out; 18. The Garden as Legacy; List of Exhibitions; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z.

In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists. Young American artists quickly responded by experimenting with impressionism, cubism, and abstraction. In Monumental Dreams, author Caroline Seebohm tells the riveting story of how Ann Norton (1905-1982)-a child of the South who had eschewed her Alabama roots to become a sculptor in New York City-joined this new guard. She studied with John Hovannes and Jose de Creeft and was studio assistant to Alexander Archipenko. Her work was well received, and.

Includes bibliographies and index.

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