Tag Archives: Mary Cassat

its always money in philadelphia

Philadelphia. It’s always had a peculiar character about it; an aristocracy of old families, Quaker in conscience if not in religion or taste… “Philadelphia,” wrote George Biddle in his autobiography, ” has its own breed of integrity. It believes in … Continue reading

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claudel: before the poison

She was seventeen and wanted to be a sculptor. He was forty-one. He was Auguste Rodin on the verge of  taking to the heights of the French art world, being compared to genius of Michelangelo. He had overcome the major … Continue reading

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