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Madam C.J. Walker: A Woman Who Made a Difference
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Nichols, Brittney
Philadelphia Tribune, The
04-30-2002
Madam C.J. Walker is a woman that beyond doubt made a difference. If it
wasn't for Ms. Walker I really don't think that we, males included, would
have some of the hairstyles we "sport" today.
Sarah Breedlove was born on December 23, 1867. She was born on a delta,
which is a Louisiana plantation. Ms. Walker was the daughter of former
slaves. She blossomed herself from an uneducated laundress and farm laborer
into one of the most successful, self-made women entrepreneurs of the 20th
century.
At 14, she married Moses McWilliams just to escape abuse ...
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Keeping company: sculptures by Alain Kirili and the 19th-century artist Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux were recently juxtaposed in a French museum. The exhibition made the case for the enduring worth of free and direct modeling in contemporary practice. (Report From Valenciennes).
Magazine article from: Art in America
; ...major repository of native son Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's (1827-1875) preparatory...jam session, this time with Carpeaux, a sculptor born 119 years before...Kirili convincingly argues that Carpeaux's direct and free modeling...
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Carpeaux's vision for Napoleon III: mourning the death of an emperor.
Magazine article from: Apollo
; In January 1873, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux received an urgent telegram dispatched...empress of France. Louis asked Carpeaux to return to England from Paris...close to death. In the event, Carpeaux arrived only in time to execute...
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'Figaro' sculpture stands in tribute to artist's rise from poverty
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; ...the Haggerty Museum of Art, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Figaro," cast in bronze...frequently performed operas. Carpeaux, who was born in Valenciennes...museum's director, was one of Carpeaux's later works. First modeled...
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 "Sunday Mirror (London, England)")
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Do yourself a flavour; TAKE A FRENCH FOODIE BREAK.(Features)
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mirror (London, England)
; ...bizarre cult. But lucullus is not the only food speciality of Valenciennes. Another is Gateau Carpeaux - named after painter Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, who came from the town. I was taught how to make it by a patient chef at the Grand Hotel...
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Moore and his mother: James Hall is pleased to see Henry Moore return to arthistorical scrutiny in a bold study of pre-war British sculpture that poses more questions than it answers.(Mother Stone: The Vitality of Modern British Sculpture)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...outstanding book about the French Second Empire sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, and seems drawn to artists who stand at the edge...difficult to follow her trains of thought (her book on Carpeaux was, in stark contrast, clarity incarnate). The...
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Arts Guide
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...5200, open daily. Continuing/ To Aug. 27: ''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Painter, Sculptor.'' Renowned as a sculptor during the Second Empire of Napoleon III, Carpeaux is less famous as a painter. The exhibition features...
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ARTS GUIDE
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune
; ...20) 570-5200, open daily. To Aug. 27: ''Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux: Painter, Sculptor.'' A realist sculptor of repute during the Second Empire of Napoleon III, Carpeaux (1827-1875) is less known as a painter. Using...
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Bogus bronzes flood market: an estimated 4,000 fake castings have put the market for 19th- and 20th-century bronze sculpture in jeopardy. (Art).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Insight on the News
; ...masters as Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp and Alberto Giacometti...Others whose work he copied were Jean-Antoine Houdon, Frederic Bartholdi...of Liberty), Honore Daumier, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Emil Antoine Bourdelle, Aristide...
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Scarlet and black.(architectural design of a theater in Valenciennes, France)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review
; ...artists include the great painter Jean Antoine Watteau, his nephews Louis...and sculptors Henri Lemaire and Jean Baptiste Carpeaux. Both its Beaux-Arts Museum...Vitart, Blamont was an associate of Jean Nouvel during the late 1980s where...
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The Art World: Fake bronzes flood market.
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...masters as Constantin Brancusi, Jean Arp and Alberto Giacometti...Others whose work he copied were Jean-Antoine Houdon, Frederic Bartholdi...of Liberty), Honore Daumier, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Emil Antoine Bourdelle, Aristide...
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