Searching For Amalia
The series will focus on the "missing history" of the Gilded Age artist, Amalia Kussner. It will be a search for her many miniatures of famous people that never made it to museums. Also mysteries about her life, such as the hidden details 1901 lawsuit.
Searching For Amalia
Connections between a Taylor Swift video, a 19th Century Artist and Amalia Kussner
Come along on a journey that connects Taylor Swift's video, The Fate of Ophelia, to artist John Everett Millais and finally a connection to Amalia Kussner. This now famous video has placed Millais's stunning yet tragic painting, Ophelia, squarely in our public consciousness. The video piqued my interest in that artist, which eventually led me to a discovery of sorts with Amalia Kussner in 1896 London and the Royal Academy.
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I make various references to other sources which I will list below:
1) Wikipedia - Ophelia's character in Hamlet.
2) YouTube video about artist John Everett Millais, with commentary by Andrew Marr. Title: The Painting of Ophelia - World's Greatest Paintings - S01 EP09 - Art Documentary.
For information on my Amalia Kussner biography - please checkout my book website (www.kathleenlangone.com).
Photo credit: John Everett Millais - Mariana (from Wikimedia Commons).