About the author
Maurine St Gaudens is the author and editor of Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960, a four-volume reference published by Schiffer Publishing. The set documents the careers of 320 women artists active in California over a century, gathering more than 2,000 images alongside biographical and career detail for each artist. Volume I covers artists A through D and Volume IV covers S through Z, with the two middle volumes completing the alphabetical survey. The work spans styles from nineteenth-century realism through twentieth-century modernism, recovering artists whose output had largely dropped out of standard art-historical accounts. It is a research and reference work rather than a general-interest title, aimed at art historians, curators, collectors, and readers with a specific interest in California art or in the history of women artists in the United States.
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“While this text is a monumental achievement in recovering forgotten artistic legacies, it may not suit readers seeking narrative-driven biographies or critical theory. It is primarily a survey and reference work, dense with…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Emerging from the Shadows, Vol. IV: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960 St Gaudens, Maurine
“This monumental survey is a rigorous academic achievement, yet it may frustrate casual readers seeking a narrative-driven biography or light entertainment. The format, covering entries A through D with dense factual data, demands…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Emerging from the Shadows, Vol. I: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960 St Gaudens, Maurine
