Girl in White by Sue Hubbard
The extraordinary and moving story of Paula Mendershohn-Becker told from the fictionalised perspective of her daughter Mathilde. Denounced as degenerate by the Nazis, after her death, Sue Hubbard has drawn on Becker's diaries and paintings to bring to life the artist's intense relationship with the poet Rilke and her struggle to find a balance between being a painter, wife and mother. -- Books Council of Wales
Imagine a chest of drawers - unopened for a hundred yearsInside small garments carefully folded. A woman today opens the drawers, unfolds what she finds and, as she does so, the garments become stories. The chest of drawers belonged to the painter, Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907). ... (and contain) the secrets of some exceptional, very lonely paintings, which had a considerable influence on modern German art. ...those intimate folds become interstices of History, beyond any notion of what is modern or not. I recommend this haunting book. John Berger -- Publisher: Cinnamon Press
Sue Hubbard is a poet, novelist, art critic, and lecturer and a regular contributor to The Independent and The New Statesman on contemporary art. She has written widely - including for The Independent on Sunday, Art Review, Contemporary, Tate, Third Text and The RA Magazine - as well as many catalogue essays on leading artists.
Twice winner of the London Writers competition, Hubbard was the Poetry Society's first-ever Public Art Poet, and in 2006 she was awarded a major Arts Council Literary Award. She has published several collections of poems, including Everything Begins with the Skin and Ghost Station. Her latest collection of short stories is Rothko's Red and Other Stories/ Depth of Field, her first novel, was published in 2000 and described by John Berger as a remarkable first novel. Having been a tutor at Lumb Bank for the Arvon Foundation she now teaches and lectures at a number of major art schools.
Twice winner of the London Writers competition, Hubbard was the Poetry Society's first-ever Public Art Poet, and in 2006 she was awarded a major Arts Council Literary Award. She has published several collections of poems, including Everything Begins with the Skin and Ghost Station. Her latest collection of short stories is Rothko's Red and Other Stories/ Depth of Field, her first novel, was published in 2000 and described by John Berger as a remarkable first novel. Having been a tutor at Lumb Bank for the Arvon Foundation she now teaches and lectures at a number of major art schools.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781907090684 |
| ISBN 10 | 1907090681 |
| Title | Girl in White |
| Author | Sue Hubbard |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cinnamon Press |
| Year published | 2012-09-04 |
| Number of pages | 252 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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