An edition of The white blackbird (1996)

The white blackbird

a life of the painter Margarett Sargent by her granddaughter

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An edition of The white blackbird (1996)

The white blackbird

a life of the painter Margarett Sargent by her granddaughter

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At the heart of Margarett Sargent's life lies a mystery, lost in silence. Why does a woman who has devoted herself to making art, stop? A marvelously gifted painter, Sargent spent much of her life smashing convention. She was born into stultifying privilege in the age of Edith Wharton, but sought another life - and as the American art world shuddered under the impact of Modernism, Margarett was hurling bright colors onto canvas, forging her own unique style.

For a time, she seemed capable of everything: raising the ideal children, perfecting her art, hosting the most daring parties, conducting the most outrageous affairs, drinking more than anyone else. Whispered rumors and tales of her audacious wit trailed her from Brahmin Boston to New York to Paris.

But drink was becoming her best companion; it smothered the awkward clashes between society wife and creative artist, and no one saw that the exuberant appetites of a charismatic woman concealed a creeping paralysis of will. When, after twenty years of successful exhibitions, it seemed she was finally to be accepted on her own terms as a painter, she chose to lay down her brushes.

  1. Honor Moore has refused to let her grandmother's mystery rest. In a mesmerizing weave of biography and reflection, she pieces together a fascinating and unexpected story, and returns to Margarett Sargent the voice she relinquished. In writing as vivid and exhilarating as Sargent's painting, Moore recovers a life whose agonies and triumphs echo the striving of creative women in our century.
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Viking
Language
English
Pages
371

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The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by Her Granddaughter
Mar 01, 2021, Highbridge Audio and Blackstone Publishing
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The white blackbird: a life of the painter Margarett Sargent by her granddaughter
2009, W.W. Norton & Co.
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White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by Her Granddaughter
2009, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by Her Granddaughter
July 1, 1997, Penguin (Non-Classics)
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [329]-358) and index.

Published in
New York, N.Y., U.S.A

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
759.13, B
Library of Congress
ND237.S313 M66 1996, ND237.S313M66 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
371 p., [12] p. of plates :
Number of pages
371

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL791398M
Internet Archive
whiteblackbirdli00moor
ISBN 10
0670805637
LCCN
95023912
OCLC/WorldCat
32665969
Library Thing
1675813
Goodreads
5108938

Work Description

“A striking portrait of a woman artist’s struggle for life.” —Arthur Miller

Margarett Sargent was an icon of avant-garde art in the 1920s. In an evocative weave of biography and memoir, her granddaughter unearths for the first time the life of a spirited and gifted woman committed at all costs to self-expression.

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