Farewell to the Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism

by Whitney Chadwick

Book Overview

Farewell to the Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five female friendships among the Surrealists to show how Surrealism, female friendship, and the experiences of war, loss, and trauma shaped...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500239681
• ISBN13: 9780500239681
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.3"