{"product_id":"elizabeth-sparhawk-jones-the-artist-who-lived-twice-paperback","title":"Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones: The Artist Who Lived Twice - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBarbara Lehman Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eBarbara Lehman Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Painter's Tragedy and Triumph Revealed\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith the recent surge of the American painter's popularity, \u003cem\u003eElizabeth Sparhawk-Jones: The Artist Who Lived Twice\u003c\/em\u003e captivates readers by revealing little-known details about the journey of a woman (1885-1968) almost forgotten by the art world if not for an accidental discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs a golden girl of the art world-christened by New York critics as its \"find of the year\" in 1908, Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones, still in her teens, sold her American impressionism-style paintings for the equivalent of about fifty thousand dollars today. From a prominent family, she won nearly every award including the highest honor of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, two years study in Europe. In her notebook, she scribbled a quote by Walt Whitman: \u003cem\u003eHe only wins who goes far enough...\u003c\/em\u003eAnd then, she disappeared. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a time when mental illness is associated with devil possession, Sparhawk-Jones leaves behind everything she's gained from her life-long devotion to painting. Reeling from two sudden deaths and a stolen fortune-along with being caught in a changing art world, she collapsed behind the doors of a hospital for the insane for the better part of three years. Attributing to her breakdown, she suffers the harsh blow of being forced to refuse the Academy's highest honor that awards a year's travel to study art in Europe. Her parents, a Presbyterian minister and his devout wife, refuse to entertain the idea that their daughter and her Jewish romantic interest, the yet-to-be discovered \u003cb\u003eMorton Schamberg\u003c\/b\u003e, would be abroad at the same time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat may have killed others makes Elizabeth Sparhawk-Jones only fight harder to regain what she'd lost. She loves only the most unattainable, like \u003cb\u003eEdwin Arlington Robinson\u003c\/b\u003e, the enigmatic Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who offers a strange reciprocation of her love; she believes in those sometimes hardest to love, like painter \u003cb\u003eMarsden Hartley\u003c\/b\u003e, who desired her friendship for perhaps less than virtuous reasons. With her famous wit and candor, she attracted admirers as much for her temperament as her fierce loyalty. Collectors and friends included film star \u003cb\u003eClaude Rains\u003c\/b\u003e, writer \u003cb\u003eF. Scott Fitzgerald\u003c\/b\u003e, and master painter \u003cb\u003eWilliam Merritt Chase\u003c\/b\u003e among many others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThirty years after her breakdown, American Artist magazine would call her \"a phenomenon in the world of paint,\" painter Marsden Hartley would write she was \"a thinking painter with a rare sense of the drama of poetic and romantic incident,\" and her works would belong to some of the country's most prestigious museums and collections, yet her story has nearly become forgotten. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStructured around her last interview given to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art in 1964, \u003cem\u003eThe Artist Who Lived Twice\u003c\/em\u003e tells of Sparhawk-Jones's tumultuous journey as one of the first women to carve out a place for herself in American art. The toll may have been higher than she ever imagined, but she held no regrets. She saw God when she painted, she believed, and what more could one ask?\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52441273303347,"sku":"9781432759902","price":35.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ViEXbNlt-V9781432759902.webp?v=1758880415","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/elizabeth-sparhawk-jones-the-artist-who-lived-twice-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}