Overcoming all obstacles : the women of the Académie Julian / Gabriel P. Weisberg and Jane R. Becker, editors.

"Overcoming All Obstacles: The Women of the Academie Julian is the first book to examine late nineteenth-century Paris's most famous training ground for the leading women artists of the period. The Academie Julian was founded in Paris in 1868, initially to prepare students for entry to the...

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Corporate Authors: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute., Dahesh Museum., Dixon Gallery and Gardens.
Other Authors: Weisberg, Gabriel P., Becker, Jane R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : New Brunswick, N.J. : Dahesh Museum ; Rutgers University Press, [1999]
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Table of Contents:
  • The women of the Académie Julian : the power of professional emulation / Gabriel P. Weisberg
  • Nothing like a rival to spur one on--Marie Bashkirtseff and Louise Breslau at the Académie Julian / Jane R. Becker
  • "Men of genius, women of taste" : the gendering of art education in late nineteenth-century Paris / Tamar Gabb.