Frederick MacMonnies is best known today as one of the leading figurative sculptors of the American Renaissance. Residing in France for much of his professional career, MacMonnies, along with his first wife, the painter Mary Fairchild MacMonnies, often visited Giverny, home to the reclusive Claude Monet and numerous American Impressionists in the final decade of the nineteenth century. By 1894 the town was the MacMonnies's favorite summer retreat, and in 1898 they moved permanently into an old priory in Giverny, dubbed the ...
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Frederick MacMonnies is best known today as one of the leading figurative sculptors of the American Renaissance. Residing in France for much of his professional career, MacMonnies, along with his first wife, the painter Mary Fairchild MacMonnies, often visited Giverny, home to the reclusive Claude Monet and numerous American Impressionists in the final decade of the nineteenth century. By 1894 the town was the MacMonnies's favorite summer retreat, and in 1898 they moved permanently into an old priory in Giverny, dubbed the "MacMonastery" by friends. It was at this time, just as the new century dawned, that MacMonnies launched his career as a painter. Although he continued to produce sculpture, the artist happily painted portraits and occasionally submitted paintings to the annual salons for nearly a decade. Mary MacMonnies also continued to pursue her artistic career from their remote enclave outside Paris. This catalogue, which accompanied two exhibitions, "An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies" and "An Interlude in Giverny: Dans la nursery by Mary MacMonnies Low," explores the artistic and personal milieus surrounding the creation of two masterworks by the MacMonnieses during this Giverny interlude.
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Very good+ Printed paper wraps, oblong quarto [11" x 8.5"], 87pp., illustrated in color and b&w. Book has mild edgewear, binding tight, small inscription to front flyleaf, otherwise text clean and unmarked. Exhibition catalog.
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New. 0911209522. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened-Text in English. 88 pp. With 75 ills. (33 col. ). 22 x 28 cm. --with a bonus offer--
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VG (Label & few marks from previous gallery owner; corners slightly bumped open. ) sold as a READING COPY only. Red & illus. wraps. 87 pp. 72 bw & color plates. Issued in conjunction with 2000-2001 exhibitions of paintings by Frederick MacMonnies and Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low. Includes three essays: by Joyce Henri Robinson, "An Interlude in Giverny: The French Chevalier by Frederick MacMonnies, by Derrick Cartwright, "Beyond the Nursery: The Public Careers and Private Spheres of Mary Fairchild MacMonnies Low, and by E. Adina Gordon, "The Expansion of a Career: Frederick MacMonnies as a Teacher and Painter."
