Hidden in the Shadow of the Master: The Model-Wives of Cezanne, Monet, and Rodin - Couverture souple

Butler, Ruth

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0300164505 ISBN 13 : 9780300164503

Editeur : Yale University Press, 2010

Synopsis

Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet and Auguste Rodin. The names of these brilliant nineteenth-century artists are known throughout the world. But what is remembered of their wives? What were these unknown women like? What roles did they play in the lives and the art of their famous husbands? In this remarkable book of discovery, art historian Ruth Butler coaxes three shadowy women out of obscurity and introduces them for the first time as individuals. Through unprecedented research, Butler has been able to create portraits of Hortense Fiquet, Camille Doncieux and Rose Beuret - the models, and later the wives, respectively, of Cezanne, Monet and Rodin, three of the most famous French artists of their generation. The book tells the stories of three ordinary women who faced issues of a dramatically changing society as well as the challenges of life with a striving genius. Butler illuminates the ways in which these model-wives figured in their husbands' achievements and provides new analyses of familiar works of art. Filled with captivating detail, the book recovers the lives of Hortense, Camille and Rose, and recognizes with new insight how their unique relationships enriched the quality of their husbands' artistic endeavors.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ruth Butler is professor emerita, University of Massachusetts, Boston, and the author of the award-winning book 'Rodin: The Shape of Genius', published by Yale University Press.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yale University Press
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0300164505
• ISBN 13: 9780300164503
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible