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The Red Rose Girls
The Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon Story of Art and Love | Alice A. Carter
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A beautiful art book and a richly illustrated biography, The Red Rose Girls is the story of three remarkable women artists--Jessie Willcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green, and Violet Oakley--who captivated early-twentieth-century society with their brilliant careers and bohemian lifestyle. Nicknamed by their mentor, the famous illustrator Howard Pyle, The Red Rose Girls lived and worked at a picturesque former inn of the same name in an idyllic suburb on Philadelphia's Main Line. In the course of their years together they formed intimate bonds of friendship and love and enriched each other's professional lives by sharing ideas and inspiration. Smith and Green were prolific illustrators, celebrated for their work in children's books and periodicals such as Scribner's, Collier's, Harper's; and Oakley was a painter and muralist of national reputation whose work graces the interior of the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg. Full-color illustrations and wonderful period photographs bring their work and milieu to life.
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Thank you @DeweysReadathon for encouraging me to finish this delightful book which I actually first posted six months ago! This is a painting by one of the Red Rose Girls- Elizabeth Shippen Green. The Girls are three Philadelphia artists who pledged to live together and support each other‘s art careers in the early 1900‘s at a time when women artists were only beginning to carve out respect for their talent.

batsy Sounds wonderful! Love the painting. 7y
DivineDiana @bats It is! And I love all of these women‘s art! 💗 7y
tammysue Lovely painting! 7y
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DivineDiana @whatshesreadingnow These artists have so many more for you to see! 7y
ValerieAndBooks I‘m stacking this! I don‘t know much about these three artists, and this book seems to be a good one! 7y
DivineDiana @ValerieAndBooks I love their work and found them fascinating! 7y
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The Red Rose Girls: An Uncommon Story of Art and Love | Alice A. Carter
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In 1860, a group of female students at the Pennsylvania Academy, upset by their exclusion from life drawing, started their own classes outside the campus, posing for each other sometimes clothed, sometimes half-draped. Although word of the RENEGADE courses embarrassed the Academy, Ladies' Life classes were not added to the curriculum until 1868... Wow, when I saw the word renegade, I immediately thought of you! @Cinfhen #lyricalapril #renegade

Cinfhen LOVE this picture and great choice for #renegade 🌺🌸🌼 8y
Smrloomis This picture is beautiful! 👏🏽💐 8y
DivineDiana @Cinfhen @Smrloomis Thank you to both of you! 8y
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JessicaJernigan I went to Bryn Mawr. I have a lot of beautiful prints by Elizabeth Shippen Green. 8y
DivineDiana @JessicaJernigan How wonderful! On both counts! I noticed in the book that many of the photos are attributed to Bryn Mawr College. I am curious if there is original art by the women that I could see there? Such a beautiful campus! Have you walked the Labyrinth? (edited) 8y
JessicaJernigan I know that the college owns some original art, and I suspect that it's available for viewing by special arrangement, but I don't know if any art that's permanently on display. And it is a magical place. The labyrinth wasn't there when I was an undergrad, but I have walked it on visits. 8y
DivineDiana @JessicaJernigan Thank you for the information. I am so inspired by these strong women! And excited to learn they were a part of my community! Plan to do some exploring to learn more. They used to live on Bryn Mawr's campus in the summer to escape the Philadelphia heat.🎨 8y
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