Without Hands: The Art of Sarah Biffin - Softcover

 
9781913645366: Without Hands: The Art of Sarah Biffin
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1913645363 ISBN 13: 9781913645366
Verlag: Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd, 2023

Inhaltsangabe

A celebration of an artist whose under-sung legacy testifies to the enduring power of originality, drive, and devotion.

Accompanying an exhibition at Philip Mould & Company, Without Hands presents the art of Sarah Biffin. Biffin (1784–1850) was born with phocomelia, a condition described on her baptism record as “born without arms and legs.” After learning to sew and write as a child, Biffin joined a traveling sideshow where she painted in front of an audience. Eventually, she rose to fame as a talented miniaturist, signing many of her works “without hands.”

Despite her prolific output, including commissions from royalty and exquisitely detailed self-portraits, Biffin’s work has been overlooked by art historians. Beautifully illustrated and including original research, Without Hands celebrates Biffin as an artist who challenged contemporary attitudes to disability.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Emma Rutherford is a portrait miniatures consultant at Philip Mould & Company, London. Ellie Smith is a researcher at Philip Mould & Company, London.

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Verlag
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2023
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1913645363
ISBN 13 
9781913645366
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
103
Herausgeber
Rutherford Emma, Smith Ellie
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