Discovering women Sculptors

Abstract

"This inspiring anthology of essays brings together a wealth of impressive work by women sculptors from the seventeenth to the late twentieth century. The range and quality of the sculpture they produced bear witness to their determination, resilience and inventiveness. Contributions by leading scholars discuss the lives and work of numerous significant artists from across the globe, including Luisa Roldán, Harriet Hosmer, Marcello, Malvina Hoffman, Margaret Butler, Chana Orloff and Barbara Hepworth." --back cover

Contents

Foreword / Marjorie Trusted -- Introduction / Pauline Rose -- Maria Faydherbe (1887-1643): a Seventeenth-Century Sculptor in Mechelen / Marjorie Trusted -- Anna Maria van Schurman and her Portrait Reliefs in Boxwood and Wax / Erik Bijzet -- Luisa Roldán (1652-1706): Resilience, Tradition, and Innovation / Catherine Hall-van den Elsen -- Forging a Career in Sculpture in the Second Empire: The Story of Marcello / Magnus von Winstinghausen -- 'Labeur, Honneur, Douleur'. Félicie de Fauveau (1801-1886) / Philip Ward-Jackson -- Harriet Hosmer and Louisa Lander: Dreams and Disappointments in Nineteenth-Century Rome / Melissa Dabakis -- Princess Louise (1848-1939): A Royal Sculptor in Victorian Britain / Désirée de Chair -- Women and Medallic Art in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Britain / Philip Attwood -- Undaunted Spiri: Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams, ARBS, (1877-1934) / Phyllida Shaw -- 'Prophet without perceptible honour': Margaret Butler, New Zealand Sculptor / Mark Stocker -- 'A woman among the sculptors is a phenomenon which escites wonder and demands investigation'. Women and Sculpture in Ireland / Paula Murphy -- A Life of Excellence: the Artist and Humanitarian Malvina Hoffman (1885-1966) / Didi Hoffman -- Sculpting a Life: Contextualizing the Life and Work of Chana Orloff (1888-1968) / Paula J. Birnbaum -- Contrapuntal and Turning Forms: Barbara Hepworth and the Festival of Britain / Eleanor Clayton -- Mary Spencer Watson: Purbeck Sculptor / Caroline Stanford -- 'Sculpture, Uniqueness and Multiplicity': Mitzi Cunliffe an American Sculptor Working in Post-war Britain / Ann Sumner -- Contributor's Biographies -- Index.