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In her third vivid, defining biography of an underappreciated American woman artist, following portraits of Grace Hartigan and Elaine de Kooning, Curtis Illuminates the zestful spirit of a painter who contended with extreme adversity... Blaine's story, which Curtis skillfully tells with lucidity and perception, is engulfing and awe-inspiring. -- Booklist Starred Review [Alive Still] salutes a painter whose quiet virtuosity has been overshadowed by brasher, feebler talents for too long. If the bombastic Julian Schnabel is, per the critic Robert Hughes, the Sylvester Stallone of painting, Nell Blaine remains its Meryl Streep. --The Wall Street Journal Booklist's Top 10 Art Books of 2019

In her third vivid, defining biography of an underappreciated American woman artist, following portraits of Grace Hartigan and Elaine de Kooning, Curtis Illuminates the zestful spirit of a painter who contended with extreme adversity... Blaine's story, which Curtis skillfully tells with lucidity and perception, is engulfing and awe-inspiring. -- Booklist

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Cathy Curtis is the author of two previous biographies, Restless Ambition: Grace Hartigan, Painter, and A Generous Vision: The Creative Life of Elaine de Kooning. An alumna of Smith College and the University of California, Berkeley, she was formerly a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times. In 2018, Curtis was elected to a two-year term as president of Biographers International Organization (BIO).

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