Woman Behind the Painter: The Diaries of Rosalie, Mrs. James Clarke Hook

By: Hook, Rosalie

The wife of the prominent Victorian painter of seascapes, James Clarke Hook (1819-1907), Rosalie was a trained artist and brought her artist's sensibility, her humour, and her talent for relationships to the project of writing a diary of their travels to Italy in the two turbulent years of the Risorgimento leading up to 1848. Rosalie's subsequent diary records a busy professional couple in the thick of running a country home with studio, annual trips to the bracing coastal sites where Hook painted, and their relations with famous contemporaries. Juliet McMaster, a descendant of the Hooks, provides a fascinating introduction on their professional and personal lives. The book is illustrated throughout by Hook's vivid sketches and by many of James's and Rosalie's paintings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 088864437X
• ISBN13: 9780888644374
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: University of Alberta Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"