Albert, Susan Wittig
Someone always nearby a novel of Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot Susan Wittig Albert. - Bertram, Texas Persevero Press 2023 - 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
"In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and naive would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and Maria's design and building of a remarkable adobe house and studio for the artist in the native village of Abiquiu--a generous gift from an exceptional friend. An evocative story that explores the dimensions of friendship and the debts we incur to those who make our lives easier, Someone Always Nearby is based on research into a massive collection of over 700 letters, documents, media reports, and historical accounts. Readers will be fascinated by this intimate, revealing portrait of the artist's daily life during her first decade at her New Mexico ranch-a mysterious, enigmatic O'Keeffe that only one woman, Maria Chabot, ever fully knew."--Amazon.
1952558204 9781952558207
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 --Friends and associates--Fiction.
Chabot, Maria, 1913-2001 --Fiction.
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 --Homes and haunts--New Mexico--Abiquiu--Fiction.
Painters--United States--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, N.M.)--Fiction.
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Someone always nearby a novel of Georgia O'Keeffe and Maria Chabot Susan Wittig Albert. - Bertram, Texas Persevero Press 2023 - 273 pages ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
"In 1940, art-world icon Georgia O'Keeffe bought a house in a mountain-rimmed New Mexico desert, planning to live there for six months every year. To manage her remote household while she paints, O'Keeffe invited Maria Chabot-a young and naive would-be writer-to join her. Their tempestuous relationship endured throughout the chaotic years of WW2; the death of Georgia's domineering, philandering husband (famed photographer Alfred Stieglitz); and Maria's design and building of a remarkable adobe house and studio for the artist in the native village of Abiquiu--a generous gift from an exceptional friend. An evocative story that explores the dimensions of friendship and the debts we incur to those who make our lives easier, Someone Always Nearby is based on research into a massive collection of over 700 letters, documents, media reports, and historical accounts. Readers will be fascinated by this intimate, revealing portrait of the artist's daily life during her first decade at her New Mexico ranch-a mysterious, enigmatic O'Keeffe that only one woman, Maria Chabot, ever fully knew."--Amazon.
1952558204 9781952558207
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 --Friends and associates--Fiction.
Chabot, Maria, 1913-2001 --Fiction.
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 --Homes and haunts--New Mexico--Abiquiu--Fiction.
Painters--United States--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.
Ghost Ranch (Abiquiu, N.M.)--Fiction.
PS
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