Sara Tyson Hallowell : pioneer curator and art advisor in the Gilded Age / Carolyn Kinder Carr.

Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2019.

©2019

xiii, 482 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 28 cm

"A Smithsonian contribution to knowledge."

"This biography details the life of Sara Tyson Hallowell, who challenged nineteenth-century expectations about the proper place of well-born women and became the first important female curator and art advisor in America. It is the story of her triumphs and disappointments, as she sought to create a career in a professional arena previously occupied only by men. It is a narrative that speaks to the role of talent and perseverance, as well as chance and accident, in the pursuit of artistic goals"-- Provided by publisher.

English

January 09, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index.