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Graphic Novels to Watch Out For: “Marbles” by Ellen Forney

Posted: November 5, 2014
Category: Book Reviews
Alongside the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center’s current exhibition, The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, the library’s display shelves currently feature fantastic contemporary graphic novels by women....
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

Graphic Novels to Watch Out For: “Fun Home” by Alison Bechdel

Posted: September 23, 2014
Category: Book Reviews
Alongside the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center’s current exhibition, The First Woman Graphic Novelist: Helena Bochořáková-Dittrichová, the library’s display shelves currently feature fantastic contemporary graphic novels by women....
View of the museum from outside showing the Neoclassical building from one corner. The building is a tan-colored stone with an arched doorway, long vertical windows, and detailed molding around the roof.

LRC Book Review: Life Stories of Women Artists, 1550–1880

Posted: May 29, 2014
Category: Book Reviews
A recent acquisition at the Betty Boyd Dettre Library and Research Center, this compilation includes 46 biographical narratives written by the artists’ contemporaries, more than half of which are newly...
A detailed engraving portrays a large, black and tan lizard with a white belly in precise detail. Facing right and positioned over a green surface and a hatching egg, the reptile bites a long, red and black snake attacking another egg and curling around the lizard's tail.

Lee Krasner: A Fascinating and Iconic Modernist Master

Posted: April 1, 2011
Category: Book Reviews
For many years, Lee Krasner was overshadowed by her formidable husband, the renowned Jackson Pollock. Yet at Gail Levin shows, this independent woman of uncompromising talent and fiery genius was...
Densely layered, expressive brushwork in cream, white, and multiple shades of green cover a rectangular, horizontal canvas from edge to edge. Daubs and splashes of paint mingle with strokes resembling arcs, circles, ovals, and other curving forms to suggest movement and energy.

A Tribute to a "Singularly Painterly Painter"

Posted: January 25, 2011
Category: Book Reviews
Art historian Jean-Dominique Rey’s new book, Berthe Morisot (Flammarion, 2011), with an introduction by Musée d’Orsay curator Sylvie Patry, presents a comprehensive tribute to the life and career of the...
A tree with bright, yellow leaves is standing next to a river. The lush colors suggest a late summer day. On the river, a person is rowing in a boat. The other side of the river is indicated by a line of trees.