Helen Marie Casey
MY DEAR GIRL: THE ART OF FLORENCE HOSMER was sold at Hosmer House during the Christmas celebrations with one-half of the cost of each book donated to preservation of historic Hosmer House.
Helen is providing several presentations to introduce her new book, MY DEAR GIRL: THE ART OF FLORENCE HOSMER.
This is the first biography of the twentieth century portraitist Florence Armes Hosmer (1880-1978).
MY DEAR GIRL: THE ART OF FLORENCE HOSMER is available from Black Lawrence Press and Amazon.
Proofing galleys is one small step in the climb to the mountaintop of publishing a book.
Helen burns the midnight oil proofing galleys for MY DEAR GIRL, due out in July 2011.
Florence Armes Hosmer, who lived from 1880 to 1978, maintained a rich correspondence all her life.
Artifacts from the Hosmer collections were exhibited in Hosmer House on the Fourth of July 2010
Hundreds of letters belonging to the Hosmer family provide the narrative threads of the forthcoming biography MY DEAR GIRL: THE ART OF FLORENCE HOSMER
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Newly PublishedFollow this link for a review of MY DEAR GIRL: THE ART OF FLORENCE HOSMER. Review is by critic Chris Bergeron and photo by Art Illman: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/arts/x2140450656/Sudbury-poet-paints-a-picture-of-artist-Florence-Hosmer
Photo by Art Illman.
On April 2, 2006, Helen Marie Casey's presentation, "Florence Hosmer's Achievements" was cablecast by Sudbury Cable. This clip is from that lecture. The lecture was sponsored by the Sudbury Historical Society and took place at the Sudbury Town Hall.Finding Florence Hosmer part 1 (7.6MB)
video 1 of 2 Finding Florence Hosmer part 2 (8.9MB)
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My Dear Girl: The Art of Florence Hosmer, published by Black Lawrence Press, is available from www.blacklawrence.com and Amazon. Initial reviews are highly complimentary..
FLORENCE ARMES HOSMER, born in 1880, was a farmer's daughter determined to succeed as an artist. Acclaimed in the early part of the 20th century, she has fallen almost entirely from view. This is the story of how Miss Hosmer, a feisty New England woman, painted her way through the new century and created well more than 500 works, many of them quite remarkable portraits. INITIAL READER RESPONSES: * "What a lovely, sympathetic, warm and kind book." * "Last week when I was still in the middle of it I mentioned it to someone and he asked me what I thought of it. I answered, "It is brilliant." I meant that in the sense of being clear and bright and polished." * "I just this minute finished MY DEAR GIRL and enjoyed it immensely! Now I find myself hoping someone who reads it will think, 'Wait -- there's a box of letters in the attic ... because I find myself craving a chance to read the letters Florence herself wrote to get an even truer sense of her. ... An amazing job!" * "Splendid accomplishment ... My favorite bits had to do with the lost era brought back to life." * An intriguing delve into the personal artist that dwells within us all, "My Dear Girl" is an intriguing and much recommended addition to any art biography collection. |
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