TY - BOOK ID - 85674997 TI - The militant muse : love, war and the women of surrealism PY - 2017 SN - 9780500239681 0500239681 PB - London Thames & Hudson DB - UniCat KW - Surrealism KW - Surrealist artists KW - Women artists KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - 7.037 KW - 75.07 KW - Vrouwelijke kunstenaars KW - Beeldende kunst ; 20ste eeuw ; Surrealisme KW - World War, 1939-1945, in art KW - Artists, Women KW - Women as artists KW - Artists KW - Surrealists (Artists) KW - Superrealism KW - Surrealism in art KW - Arts, Modern KW - History KW - Kunstgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 KW - Schilderkunst ; schilders A-Z KW - Art KW - History of civilization KW - Surrealist KW - vrouw in de kunst KW - vriendschap KW - anno 1900-1999 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85674997 AB - The militant muse' documents what it meant to be young, ambitious, and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Focusing on the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five female friendships among the Surrealists to show how Surrealism, female friendship, and the experiences of war, loss, and trauma shaped individual women's transitions from someone else's muse to mature artists in their own right. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the front line. Chadwick draws on personal correspondence between women, including the extraordinary letters between Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini during the months following the arrest and imprisonment of Carrington's lover Max Ernst and the letter Frida Kahlo shared with her friend and lover Jacqueline Lamba years after it was written in the late 1930s. This history brings a new perspective to the political context of Surrealism as well as fresh insights on the vital importance of female friendship to its progress. ER -