Stravinsky's Lunch by Drusilla Modjeska (Hardcover)

•Brand new with (removable) protective plastic archival covering (dust jacket) •The book covering has left an imprint on the inside book cover (shown in photos) •Book description: A moving, deeply insightful study of two artists-both twentieth-century Australian women-who lived and worked in divergent realms. Drusilla Modjeska's title derives from an anecdote about the composer who, while creating a piece of music, ordered his family to remain silent while taking a meal with him - so Stravinsky could preserve his concentration on his work. Modjeska's book investigates the life patterns of women artists, most of whom have been unable to manage such a neat compartmentalization of daily life and creativity. "Stravinsky's Lunch" tells the stories of two extraordinary women, Stella Bowen and Grace Cossington Smith, both born close to the turn of the century in Australia and both destined to make important contributions to Australian painting.