Lady Butler: Painting, Travel and War
ISBN: 9781846826498
Author | Wynne, Catherine |
Pub Date | 31/08/2017 |
Binding | Hardback |
Pages | 288 |
Country | IRL |
Dewey | 759.2 |
Quick overview Lady Butler is a story of travel and history, of war and conflict, of Italy of the Risorgimento, of the London art world where she achieved celebrity and negotiated the difficulties of being a female artist in a male-dominated domain, and of imperial travel. Her biography reveals a figure whose perspective on war is modern, whose confidence in achieving success in the masculine field of battle art taps into contemporary debates, and whose work provokes a rethinking of the post-imperial world.