Lesbians and the Arts: A Bibliography and Research Guide

Ashton, Dore and Denise Browne Hare. Rosa Bonheur: A Life and a Legend.New York: Viking Press, 1981. Biography of 19th century french painter Rosa Bonheur (1822-1899), known as one of the foremost animal painters of her day. Her most famous work is 'The Horse Fair' (1853-55) in the Metropolitain Museum of Art, NY. She was given governmental permission to cross-dress, and made animal studies in markets and fairs while dressed as a man. In 1894 she became the first woman to receive the Grand Cross of the French Legion of Honor.This Monography carefully explores her women relationships with Nathaly Micas and Anna Klumpke, questioning descriptions like 'sistery' and 'close freindship' of earlier publications, documented by statements of the artist.

Barney, Natalie. Romaine Brooks: Portraits, Tableaux, Dessins. New York: Arno Press, 1952.

Barney, Natalie. Traits et Portraits. New York: Arno Press, 1963.

Frey, Viola. Viola Frey: Monumental Figures 1978-1987. Los Angeles: Asher Faure, 1988.

Gere, Charlotte. Marie Laurencin. London, England: Academy Editions and Paris, France: Flammarion, 1977.

Hall, Lee. Betty Parsons: Artist, Dealer, Collector. New York: Harry M. Abrams, 1991.

Herrera, Hayden. Frida: A Biography of Frida Kahlo. New York: Harper and Row, 1983.

Herring, Philip. Djuna: The Life and Work of Djuna Barnes. New York: Viking Press, 1995.

Jelenski, Constantin. Leonor Fini. New York: Olympia Press, 1968.

Jenny Holzer. New York: Dia Art Foundation, 1989. Videotape.

Lakich, Lili. Neon Lovers Glow in the Dark. Los Angeles, CA: Museum of Neon Art, n.d.

Lavin, Maud. Cut with the Kitchen Knife: The Weimar Photomontages of Hannah Höch. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1993.

Lipton, Eunice. Alias Olympia: A Women's Search for Manet's Notorious Model and her Own Desire. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1993.

Meigs, Mary. The Medusa Head. Vancouver, Canada: Talonbooks, 1983.

Moore, Honor. The White Blackbird: A Life of the Painter Margarett Sargent by her Granddaughter.New York: Penguin Books, 1996. About a bisexual artist (1892-1978) who was lovers with, among others, writer Jane Bowles.

Ormrod, Richard. Una Troubridge: The Friend of Radcliff Hall. New York: Carroll and Graf, 1985.

Secrest, Meryle. Between Me and Life: A Biography of Romaine Brooks. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company Inc., 1974

Smith, Jane S. Elsie de Wolfe: A Life in the High Style. New York: Atheneum, 1982.

Souhami, Diana. Gluck: Her Biography. London, England: Pandora Press, 1988.

Souhami, Diana. Gluck, 1895-1978: Her Biography. New York: Routledge, Chapman and Hall, 1990.

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