The Ceramic Career of M. Louise McLaughlin

by Anita J. Ellis

Book Overview

In 1877 the thirty-year-old artist Mary Louise McLaughlin wrote China Painting, the first manual on the subject in the United States written by a woman for women. Extremely successful, it is now accepted as the book that launched the china painting movement in America.

When in 1898 McLaughlin decided to produce porcelain, the most difficult of ceramics, she showed the determination and exactitude that were her trademarks. Already renowned...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821415042
• ISBN13: 9780821415047
• Release Date: July 2003
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.2" x 10.3"