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Fidelia Bridges: Nature into Art by Katherine Manthorne
Katherine Manthorne,
Fidelia Bridges: Nature into Art.
London: Lund Humphries, 2023.
128 pp.; 60 color illus.; appendix; notes; index.
£35.00 (hardcover)
ISBN: 9781848225480
The monograph—the narrative life-and-works format that introduced scholars to so many of the key figures of the history of US art in the early years of the field—has become a relative rarity, largely because so much of that work has already been done, laying the foundations that form the basis of much current scholarship. It is easy to take these works for granted and to forget how difficult and thankless they can be. With a lifetime’s worth of material, artworks, and events, the author must decide what to include and exclude; how to divide a lifetime into coherent periods; how to flesh out the artist’s life in the context of their time; and how to balance the personal with the professional. And of course, the author must offer themes and insi
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Fidelia Bridges: Nature into Art (Northern Lights)
Description
Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) painted pictures that critics praised for their ability to exude the fragrance of field flowers and glow with the plumage of birds. Raised in Salem and long residing in Connecticut, she maintained a studio in New York City, where she exhibited her art for over forty years at the National Academy, American Watercolor Society and other prestigious venues. Transforming flower painting from a domestic outlet for female amateurs to a marketable commodity for professionals, she never waived in her conviction that women had the right to shape independent careers on their own terms. Often, she combined plants with local birds to convey a sophisticated understanding of their environmental interaction that encouraged others to appreciate and conserve nature. Assembling a cross-section of her oil paintings, watercolours, chromolithographs, and illustrated volumes for the first time, and analysing the
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Fidelia Bridges Nature into Art
About this book
Fidelia Bridges (1834-1923) painted pictures that critics praised for their ability to exude the fragrance of field flowers and glow with the plumage of birds. Raised in Salem and long residing in Connecticut, she maintained a studio in New York City, where she exhibited her art for over forty years at the National Academy, American Watercolor gemenskap and other prestigious venues. Transforming flower painting from a domestic outlet for female amateurs to a marketable commodity for professionals, she never wavered in her conviction that women had the right to shape independent careers on their own terms. She delineated both cultivated flowers and clumps of weeds with an intensity of focus unmatched by any other artist of her era. Often, she combined plants with local birds to convey a sophisticated understanding of their environmental interaction that encouraged others to appreciate and conserve nature. She made an extended Euro