Kewpies and Beyond: The World of Rose O'Neill (Studies in Popular Culture) - Softcover

Shelley Armitage

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878057110 ISBN 13: 9780878057115

Publisher: University Press of Mississippi, 1994

Synopsis

A self-made woman with no formal art training, Rose O'Neill (1875-1944) was not only hugely financially successful through her illustration work and the production of Kewpie dolls, but also through her exhibited drawings and sculpture in solo shows in Paris and New York. Kewpie made her a famous figure commercially, but few recognize her today as a serious artist and a political subversive who expressed sympathy for minorities, suffragettes, and victims of intolerance and who struggled with her own expression in a male-dominated field.

About this title

About the Author:

Shelley Armitage is Professor Emerita of English and American Studies at the University of Texas at El Paso. Her numerous publications include Walking the Llano: A Texas Memoir of Place, Bones Incandescent: The Pajarito Journals of Peggy Pond Church, and John Held, Jr.: Illustrator of the Jazz Age.

From the Inside Flap:

The life and times of the Kewpie doll and its fascinating socially conscious creator

About this edition

• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0878057110
• ISBN 13: 9780878057115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 277