Romaine Brooks: A Life

IThis biography provides a portrait of Brooks's aesthetics and experimentation as an artist and of her entire life. From her chaotic childhood to the enigmatic decades after World War II, when she produced very little art. This biography takes aim at many myths about Brooks and her friends, lovers, and the subjects of her portraits, revealing a woman of wit and passion who overcame enormous personal and societal challenges to become an extraordinary artist and create a life on her own terms.

• | Author: Cassandra L. Langer
• | Publisher: University Of Wisconsin Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 02, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0299298604
• | ISBN-13: 9780299298609