Bøker av Mary Gabriel

The rich, revealing, and thrilling story of five women whose lives and painting propelled a revolution in modern art

Burst! Abstract Painting After 1945 looks at the close, but previously unexplored relationship between Abstract Expressionism and Art Informel. Through texts and close to hundred illustrations, the book describes a vital creative exchange across the Atlantic that would entirely redefine painting. With works by Jean Dubuffet, Natalia Dumitresco, Helen Frankenthaler, Asger Jorn, Lee Krasner, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and many others.

';A remarkable biography . . . Well written and researched, this book warrants a spot on every serious American history student's bookshelf.' Kirkus Reviews, starred review She was the first woman to run for president. She was the first woman to address the U.S. Congress and to operate a brokerage firm on Wall Street. She's the woman Gloria Steinem called ';the most controversial suffragist of them all.' So why have most people never heard of Victoria Woodhull? In this extensively researched biography, journalist Mary Gabriel offers readers a balanced portrait of a unique and complicated woman who was years ahead of her timeand perhaps ahead of our own. ';One of the most controversial American women of the late nineteenth century springs to life in this study that leaves no stone unturned.' Publishers Weekly ';[A] deftly written biography . . . of a hell-raising visionary.' Mirabella ';A meaty slice of feminist history peppered with Victorian drama.' Civilization

A landmark account of romance and revolution, one of the great love stories of all-time.