1st Edition

Louise Jopling A Biographical and Cultural Study of the Modern Woman Artist in Victorian Britain

By Patricia de Montfort Copyright 2017
182 Pages 47 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages
by Routledge

Louise Jopling: A Biographical and Cultural Study is the first in-depth study of this nineteenth-century painter who was among the first women admitted to the Royal Society of British Artists (in 1902). In part an engaging biography of a compelling celebrity figure and social campaigner in Victorian England, Patricia de Montfort’s book interweaves a vivid and rounded portrait of this... Read more
Contents

List of illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements

1 Early life

2 Artists, mentors and patrons

3 Portraits and sitters in the seventies

4 Celebrity and high society

5 Art and opportunity

6 Independence and identity

Bibliography
Appendix
Index

Biography

Patricia de Montfort is Lecturer, History of Art, School of Culture and Creative Arts, University of Glasgow, UK.