expatriate artists

"The riveting story of how three years spent in the United States transformed Frida Kahlo into the artist we know today Mexican artist Frida Kahlo adored adventure. In November, 1930, she was thrilled to realize her dream of traveling to the United States to live in San Francisco, Detroit, and New York. Still, leaving her family and her country for the first time was monumental"--Provided by publisher.

Paris was the epicenter of art during the latter half of the nineteenth century, luring artists from around the world with its academies, museums, salons, and galleries. Despite the city's cosmopolitanism and its cultural stature, Parisian society remained strikingly conservative, particularly with respect to gender. Nonetheless, many women painters chose to work and study in Paris at this time, overcoming immense obstacles to access the city's resources.

Photographs and text help capture the artistic atmosphere surrounding the intersection of the boulevard du Montparnasse and the boulevard Raspail in France during the first thirty years of the twentieth century.

Profiles the life and work of artist Amedeo Madigliani, placing his life and work in the context of his friends and contemporaries.

Discusses the life and the work of the Impressionist painter Mary Cassatt.

Presents an introduction to the life and work of American artist Mary Cassatt, focusing on the major artistic episodes of her life, and features over one hundred illustrations.

An introduction to the work of the American artist, with 75 color plates.

Profiles eight artists now living in America who are originally from the Silk Road, an ancient network of caravan trails through which trade goods, ideas, and arts passed between Asia and the Mediterranean.