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Sisters in Art

The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton

By: Wendy Van Wyck Good

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Sisters in Art

The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton

By: Wendy Van Wyck Good

With color photographs and artwork, Sisters in Art is the first biography to capture the lives and works of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton, three exceptionally talented sisters whose mark on the California modernist art scene still impacts our world. Nominee, 2021 New Deal Book Award "Great stories abound in this book, including the goings-on of the 'Monterey Group' of painters and an encounter with a teetotaling Henri Matisse at a North Beach cocktail party. If California had a Belle Époque, this was it. From their chubby-cheeked 'Gibson Girl' childhood through their sunlit dotage, the Brutons were exemplars of many aspects of California history and, in recent years, overlooked. Good’s book corrects this." —Library Journal "Both beautiful and substantial, Sisters in Art: The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton. . . would make a great gift for the art lover in your life […] The book contains detailed-but-lively accounts of the sisters' lives and work, and is filled with black-and-white and color plates of their art." —The Carmel Pine Cone "An illuminating and heroic work... [Good] writes vividly about how all three Brutons continued to make art until the very end of their lives." —Jasmin Darznik, New York Times–bestselling author of The Bohemians "For decades, Margaret, Esther and Helen Bruton have been relegated to a side note in California art history. Yet their work has found new appreciation in the 21st century, and their fascinating lives and impressive artistic achievements are finally coming back into the light." —Carmel Magazine Educated at art schools in New York and Paris, the Brutons ran in elite artistic circles and often found themselves in the company of luminaries including Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, Henri Matisse, Armin Hansen, Maynard Dixon, Imogen Cunningham, and Ansel Adams. Their contemporaries described the sisters as geniuses, for they were bold experimenters who excelled in a wide variety of mediums and styles, each eventually finding a specialization that expressed her best: Margaret turned to oil paintings, watercolors, and terrazzo tabletops; Esther became known for her murals, etchings, fashion illustrations, and decorative screens; and Helen lost herself in large-scale mosaics. Although celebrated for their achievements during the 1920s and 1930s, the Brutons cared little about fame, failing to promote themselves or their work. Over time, the "famous Bruton sisters" and their impressive art careers were nearly forgotten. Now for the first time, Sisters in Art reveals the contributions of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton as their works continue to inspire and find new appreciation today.

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Graphic Arts Books

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1513289527

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Sisters in Art

The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton

By: Wendy Van Wyck Good

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The Biography of Margaret, Esther, and Helen Bruton

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Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Wendy Mitchinson

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Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950

By: Wendy Mitchinson

A fascinating account of childbirth rituals in the first half of the twentieth century from the initial diagnosis of pregnancy, though childbirth - who was present, and where it took place - to the definition of what constituted a normal birth.

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University of Toronto Press

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0802084710

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9780802084712

Body Failure

Medical Views of Women, 1900-1950

By: Wendy Mitchinson

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Body Failure

Medical Views of Women, 1900-1950

By: Wendy Mitchinson

In this energetic new study, Wendy Mitchinson traces medical perspectives on the treatment of women in Canada in the first half of the twentieth century. It is based on in-depth research in a variety of archival sources, including Canadian medical journals, textbooks used in many of Canada’s medical faculties, popular health literature, patient case records, and hospital annual reports, as well as interviews with women who lived during the period. Each chapter examines events throughout a woman’s life cycle – puberty, menstruation, sexuality, marriage and motherhood – and the health problems connected to them – infertility, birth control and abortion, gynaecology, cancer, nervous disorders, and menopause. Mitchinson provides a sensitive understanding of the physician/patient relationship, the unease of many doctors about the bodies of their female patients, as well as overriding concerns about the relationship between female and male bodies. Throughout the book, Mitchinson takes care to examine the roles and agency of both patients and practitioners as diverse individuals.

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457

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University of Toronto Press

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1442665289

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9781442665286

Clarence Day

An American Writer

By: Wendy Veevers-Carter

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Clarence Day

An American Writer

By: Wendy Veevers-Carter

The life of Clarence Day, beloved author of Life With Father, Life With Mother, God and My Father, and This Simian World, is revealed for the first time in Clarence Day: An American Writer. Using her father's diaries and family letters, Day's daughter, Wilhelmine Day Blower, creates a lively portrait of her father's Victorian boyhood, escapades at Yale, and naval experiences in the Spanish-American War-until he was struck down with rheumatoid arthritis. Forced to abandon an active life on Wall Street at the age of twenty-five, Day struggled to make a career as a writer and illustrator. His life with his hot-tempered father, energetic mother, and three redheaded brothers is the background to his best-known book, Life With Father, which was later produced as a play and a Hollywood film. Blower also shares with the reader other aspects of her father's life, including his unusual marriage and his contribution to the success of a new magazine called The New Yorker. Clarence Day: An American Writer brilliantly captures the dedication of one of America's favorite authors.

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iUniverse

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0595387497

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9780595387496

Short Bike Rides in and Around New York City

By: Phil Harrington,Wendy Harrington

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Short Bike Rides in and Around New York City

By: Phil Harrington,Wendy Harrington

For the avid cyclist or for the family planning a weekend activity these carefully slected well-researched routes are appropriate for everyone

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1564408922

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Once Upon a Blind Date

By: Wendy Markham

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Once Upon a Blind Date

By: Wendy Markham

Maggie is best buddies with Dominic, Charlie is best friends with Julie. Through the magic of the Internet, they set up their pals on the most romantic blind date ever. Naturally, Maggie and Charlie tag along for moral support -- what are best friends for?

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376

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0739441183

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9780739441183

Possession

By: Wendy Morgan

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Possession

By: Wendy Morgan

In this sequel to "Obsession," Megan McKenna lies comatose under a dark spell. Her twin sister, Candra Bowen, finally has everything she's ever wanted by posing as Megan. But Candra is about to learn that her dalliance with the black arts has awakened a sinister force. Original.

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356

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Pinnacle Books

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0786015608

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9780786015603

Obsession and Possession

By: Wendy Morgan

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Obsession and Possession

By: Wendy Morgan

Twin tales of terror.

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520

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0739439278

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9780739439272

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Sisters in Art

Sisters in Art

Sisters in Art

Sisters in Art

Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950

Giving Birth in Canada, 1900-1950

Body Failure

Body Failure

Clarence Day

Clarence Day

Short Bike Rides in and Around New York City

Short Bike Rides in and Around New York City

Once Upon a Blind Date

Once Upon a Blind Date

Possession

Possession

Obsession and Possession

Obsession and Possession

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