Annette Blaugrund's Books

Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

The Triumphs and Tragedies of Harriet Hubbard Ayer

By: Annette Blaugrund

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Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

The Triumphs and Tragedies of Harriet Hubbard Ayer

By: Annette Blaugrund

“An excellently researched mixture of history and biography about a maverick Victorian woman who made beauty her business.” —Barbara Goldsmith, New York Times-bestselling author Harriet Hubbard Ayer moved to New York City by 1883 and established Recamier Preparations, Inc., the earliest cosmetic company owned and operated by a woman. First with her creams and balms and then with her words about women’s health and beauty, she influenced several generations of women to look and feel good about themselves. The jealous and vindictive men in her life punished her for her ambition, accomplishments and independence by attempting to steal her lucrative business and seize her children. After she successfully sued them, they had her committed to an insane asylum. Indomitable, this former Chicago socialite reinvented herself as the highest paid newspaperwoman in the United States, editing the women’s pages of Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World. Her incredible story is presented here as never before. “Ayer emerges from Dr. Blaugrund’s portrait as an innovative entrepreneur, crack reporter, and pioneer of the American feminist movement.” —Sidney Offit, author, teacher, curator emeritus of the George Polk Journalism Award of the Author’s Guild “Just when we thought there were no more original American characters, along comes Annette Blaugrund’s fine biography of the little-known feminist pioneer Harriet Hubbard Ayer—her harrowing struggles, her inspiring achievements, her unexpected triumphs. What a marvelous tale written in a riveting manner!”—William A. Johnson, professor emeritus of philosophy, Brandeis University

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614230935

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Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

The Triumphs and Tragedies of Harriet Hubbard Ayer

By: Annette Blaugrund

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The Triumphs and Tragedies of Harriet Hubbard Ayer

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The Essential John James Audubon

By: Annette Blaugrund

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The Essential John James Audubon

By: Annette Blaugrund

Here's a series of quick, savvy, entertaining books on artists and pop culture at a popular price. It's for readers who want easy access to information and who are turned off by art-world jargon.With cutting-edge tone and text, these innovative, richly illustrated, compact books (6 x 6 gift size) are targeted at busy people who've heard of these much-discussed artists -- and who know that many people, for some reason, think these artists are important -- but honestly don't get what the big fuss is all about.

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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0740702912

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9780740702914

The Way Back

The Paintings of George A. Weymouth - A Brandywine Valley Visionary

By: Annette Blaugrund,Joseph J. Rishel

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The Paintings of George A. Weymouth - A Brandywine Valley Visionary

By: Annette Blaugrund,Joseph J. Rishel

The first monograph on this highly talented American realist painter, an heir to the Brandywine school of artists. American artist George A. “Frolic” Weymouth (1936–2016) was a visionary conservationist, coachman, and accomplished painter. Like his friend and artistic mentor Andrew Wyeth, Weymouth worked chiefly in egg tempera and watercolor to create a highly personal panorama of the landscapes and people he knew in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, where he lived. Weymouth, a sixth-generation member of the du Pont family, was not only a skillful painter but also a seminal force in preserving tens of thousands of acres of picturesque scenery around the Brandywine River in Pennsylvania and Delaware. Weymouth also cofounded the Brandywine River Museum of Art, home to a distinguished collection of American art dating to the mid-nineteenth century and renowned for its holdings representing three generations of the Wyeth family of artists. Richly illustrated with Weymouth’s paintings and sketches from throughout his career, this large-format volume also includes a chronology of the artist’s fascinating life, illustrated with many personal and archival images.

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162

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Rizzoli Publications

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0847862437

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9780847862436

Thomas Cole

The Artist as Architect

By: Annette Blaugrund,Franklin Kelly,Barbara Novak

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Thomas Cole

The Artist as Architect

By: Annette Blaugrund,Franklin Kelly,Barbara Novak

At the height of his career as the leader of the Hudson River School of American landscape painting, Thomas Cole listed himself in the New York City Directory as an architect. Why would this renowned painter, who had never before designed a building, advertise himself as such? The importance of Cole’s paintings and the significance of his essays, poems, and philosophy are well established, yet an analysis of his architectural endeavors and their impact on his painting has not been undertaken—until now. In celebration of the recreation of the artist’s self-designed Italianate studio at Cedar Grove in Catskill, New York, now the Thomas Cole National Historic Site, this book focuses on Cole’s architectural interests through architectural elements found in his paintings and drawings as well as in his realized and visionary projects, expanding our understanding of the breadth of his talents and interests. An essay by noted art historian Annette Blaugrund and a contribution by Franklin Kelly, illustrated with Cole’s famous works, sketches, and architectural renderings, reveal an unexplored, yet fascinating, aspect of the career of this beloved artist—and thus, a crucial moment in the development of the Hudson River School and American art. Published to coincide with the exhibition “Thomas Cole: The Artist as Architect” at the Thomas Cole National Historic Site and travelling to the Columbus Art Museum, the book adds a new dimension to scholarship on the artist.

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The Monacelli Press, LLC

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1580934625

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9781580934626

John James Audubon

The Watercolours for The Birds of America

By: John James Audubon,Annette Blaugrund,Theodore E. Stebbins

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John James Audubon

The Watercolours for The Birds of America

By: John James Audubon,Annette Blaugrund,Theodore E. Stebbins

All 471 of Audubon's original watercolours are reproduced in this book, with 95 given special full-page display accompanied by extensive ornithological and artistic information and analysis. The original watercolours, which frequently differ from the more usually seen engravings made from them, reveal Audubon's skill as an artist.

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382

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187156963X

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9781871569636

The Essential John James Audubon

By: Annette Blaugrund

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Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

Dispensing Beauty in New York & Beyond

The Essential John James Audubon

The Essential John James Audubon

The Way Back

The Way Back

Thomas Cole

Thomas Cole

John James Audubon

John James Audubon

The Essential John James Audubon

The Essential John James Audubon

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