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The club where American women artists found refuge in Belle Époque Paris

"In Belle Époque Paris, the Eiffel Tower was newly built, France was experiencing remarkable political stability, and American women were painting the town and gathering at a female-only Residence known as The American Girls' Club in Paris. Opened in 1893, The Club was the center of expatriate livi...

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Main Author: Dasal, Jennifer, 1980- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.
Subjects:
Women artists > Homes and haunts > France > Paris.
Women artists > France > Paris > Biography.
Americans > France > Paris > History > 19th century.
Americans > France > Paris > History > 20th century.
Art and society > 19th century > History.
Art and society > 20th century > History.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
Paris (France) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 19th century.
Paris (France) > Intellectual life > 20th century.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Splendor of Paris
  • Trailing Painfully Behind
  • A Good Woman or a Great Artist
  • Starving Artists and Ugly Americans
  • The Minister's Wife
  • A Rambling Old Structure
  • In the Midst of Luxury and Romance
  • Early Reviews
  • A Day in Anna Lester's Life
  • What Hopes and Fears, and Triumphs
  • An Exhibition of Their Own
  • À Notre Regretté Camarade
  • Why Not Turn Our Art into Food
  • The Sculptor of Horrors
  • Anne Goldthwaite and the Shock of the New
  • Sculpture or Suffrage, or Alice Morgan Goes to Jail
  • Extending the Club's Sphere of Usefulness
  • A Bolt From the Blue
  • Reestablishing Usefulness to American Girls
  • Through the Vision and Generosity of Elisabeth Mills Reid
  • The Hard Work of Remembering.

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