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'''''Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920''''' edited by [[Jude Burkhauser]] (1993) is a study and exhibition catalog of women in the "[[Glasgow School]]" movement. | [[File:Burkhauser-GlasgowGirls.jpg|thumb|right|125px]] '''''Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920''''' edited by [[Jude Burkhauser]] (1993) is a study and exhibition catalog of women in the "[[Glasgow School]]" movement. | ||
'''Description:''' "Many people will be familiar with the work of the "Glasgow Boys", a group of painters considered in the late-19th century as revolutionary. However, little has been written about the "Girls" who were their contemporaries. Painters, such as Bessie MacNicol and Norah Neilson Gray, and designers such as Margaret and Frances Macdonald and Jessie M. King, influenced the development of the Glasgow style and went on to achieve international recognition, causing reverberations in central Europe and the USA which contributed to the development of the modern movement in art and design. This book brings together the varied research of 18 scholars in one volume. Autobiographical accounts of each artist are complemented by chapters on the social history of the era and the decorative arts movement." | '''Description:''' "Many people will be familiar with the work of the "Glasgow Boys", a group of painters considered in the late-19th century as revolutionary. However, little has been written about the "Girls" who were their contemporaries. Painters, such as [[Bessie MacNicol]] and [[Norah Neilson Gray]], and designers such as [[Margaret MacDonald|Margaret]] and [[Frances MacDonald|Frances Macdonald]] and [[Jessie M. King]], influenced the development of the Glasgow style and went on to achieve international recognition, causing reverberations in central Europe and the USA which contributed to the development of the modern movement in art and design. This book brings together the varied research of 18 scholars in one volume. Autobiographical accounts of each artist are complemented by chapters on the social history of the era and the decorative arts movement." | ||
==Editions== | ==Editions== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:55, 19 January 2011
Glasgow Girls: Women in Art and Design 1880-1920 edited by Jude Burkhauser (1993) is a study and exhibition catalog of women in the "Glasgow School" movement.
Description: "Many people will be familiar with the work of the "Glasgow Boys", a group of painters considered in the late-19th century as revolutionary. However, little has been written about the "Girls" who were their contemporaries. Painters, such as Bessie MacNicol and Norah Neilson Gray, and designers such as Margaret and Frances Macdonald and Jessie M. King, influenced the development of the Glasgow style and went on to achieve international recognition, causing reverberations in central Europe and the USA which contributed to the development of the modern movement in art and design. This book brings together the varied research of 18 scholars in one volume. Autobiographical accounts of each artist are complemented by chapters on the social history of the era and the decorative arts movement."
Editions
- 1993: Canongate Books, Revised Edition. ISBN 0963698508; ISBN 978-0963698508.