Blanche Lazzell

Name: Blanche Lazzell
Brand: WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY PRESS
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The Life and Work of an American Modernist

By: Robert C. Bridges, Kristina M. Olson, Janet E. Snyder

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Hardcover | 1 December 2004

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338 Pages

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30.48 x 22.86 x 3.81

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Maidsville, West Virginia's daughter Blanche Lazzell (1878-1956) was a pioneer in American modernism. She studied in New York and Paris and adopted new approaches of fauvism and cubism, which eventually made her a leading figure in the respective worlds of avant-garde art and color-woodblock printmaking. Blanche Lazzell: The Life and Work of an American Modernist explores Lazzell's life from her early days as a graduate of West Virginia University in 1905, to New York, Paris, and the artist community in Provincetown, Massachusetts. Lazzell is responsible for the first non-objective prints and paintings created in this country. Although not fully appreciated in her lifetime, a renewed interest in her white-line woodblock prints in the past two decades has brought deserved recognition of Lazzell's art and genius. This collection features essays and full-color prints, over two hundred illustrations and fifty plates, including many rare photographs of the artist and her work, which detail her career and role as a major figure in the American modernist art movement.

Industry Reviews

"This book will be essential for studies of modernism, as well as for art libraries and serious collectors of American art." Joann G. Moser, Senior Curator, Smithsonian American Art Museum and author of Singular Impressions: The Monotype in America "A fascinating, detailed story of an artist's life... perhaps the definitive account of [Blanche Lazzell's] life and the significance of her career." Anne Price, The Sunday Advocate "A tribute to a singular talent that is as distinctive and multi-faced as her work." Dale Blaine, ForeWord Magazine "With wonderful illustrations and a helpful chronology, this is an interesting, important book." R. M. Labuz, Choice Magazine "...magnificent." George Brosi, Appalachian Heritage "...[a] beautiful book." R.K. Dickson, The Bloomsbury Review "This monograph should serve as a wake-up call: there are a lot of excellent artists - particularly women artists - still being ignored, eclipsed by lesser, more colorful ones, in large part because they suffer the common fate of being discretely modest." Mary Sherman, Journal of Appalachian Studies

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