The first biography of Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) traces her rise from self-taught painter to art-world fame in New York, her plunge into obscurity after moving to Baltimore, her constant efforts at artistic reinvention, and her tumultuous personal life, including four troubled marriages and a chilly relationship with her only child.
The first biography of Grace Hartigan (1922-2008) traces her rise from self-taught painter to art-world fame in New York, her plunge into obscurity after moving to Baltimore, her constant efforts at artistic reinvention, and her tumultuous personal life, including four troubled marriages and a chilly relationship with her only child.
Cathy Curtis is a former Los Angeles Times staff writer. She holds a master's degree in art history and is vice president of Biographers International Organization.
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Contents How I Came to Write This Book Prologue: The Weekend That Changed Her Life PART ONE: Escape Artist (1922-1944) Chapter One: Dreaming Chapter Two: Searching Chapter Three: Learning PART TWO: New York Adventure (1945-1949) Chapter Four: Risking Chapter Five: Connecting Chapter Six: Coping PART THREE: Rising Star (1950-1955) Chapter Seven: Struggling Chapter Eight: Launching Chapter Nine: Succeeding Chapter Ten: Asserting color plates PART FOUR: Fame (1956-1960) Chapter Eleven: Celebrating Chapter Twelve: Swerving color plates PART FIVE: Beginning Again in Baltimore (1961-2008) Chapter Thirteen: Drifting Chapter Fourteen: Teaching Chapter Fifteen: Unraveling Chapter Sixteen: Renewing Chapter Seventeen: Prevailing Acknowledgements Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Contents How I Came to Write This Book Prologue: The Weekend That Changed Her Life PART ONE: Escape Artist (1922-1944) Chapter One: Dreaming Chapter Two: Searching Chapter Three: Learning PART TWO: New York Adventure (1945-1949) Chapter Four: Risking Chapter Five: Connecting Chapter Six: Coping PART THREE: Rising Star (1950-1955) Chapter Seven: Struggling Chapter Eight: Launching Chapter Nine: Succeeding Chapter Ten: Asserting color plates PART FOUR: Fame (1956-1960) Chapter Eleven: Celebrating Chapter Twelve: Swerving color plates PART FIVE: Beginning Again in Baltimore (1961-2008) Chapter Thirteen: Drifting Chapter Fourteen: Teaching Chapter Fifteen: Unraveling Chapter Sixteen: Renewing Chapter Seventeen: Prevailing Acknowledgements Notes Selected Bibliography Index
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