ByNelda Hirsh

Nelda Hirsh is the author of the historical novel Julia Du Val and A Bohemian Life, a biography of the American Impressionist painter Evelyn McCormick. Nelda's next book is an historical novel about Henry IV of France. Nelda and her husband share their time between New York City and Boulder, Colorado.

  1. M. Evelyn McCormick and the Women Artists of Monterey

    ByNelda Hirsh

    in Art

    An impressive group of female artists were drawn to Carmel, Pacific Grove, and Monterey around the turn of the last century. M. Evelyn McCormick (1862-1948) was a major talent and a leader among them. These painters came primarily because of the striking beauty of the area, but the local welcoming attitude toward women had a lot to do with it as well. The Spanish culture, still strong in California, allowed women to own property, helping…

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