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The Abstract Expressionist history almost missed. She is believed to be the first woman to earn a master’s degree in art from Louisville’s Hite Art Institute — yet for decades, Sally Hazelet Drummond’s journey into abstraction remained little known. Iconoclastic Fervor, by art historian Hillary Sullivan, traces her road through the revolutionary movement of Abstract Expressionism.
Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1924, Drummond forged her own path through a male-dominated art world, developing a distinctive visual language across decades of work. Drawing on Sullivan’s thesis research, the book explores her artistic development, techniques, and influences — with an essay by acclaimed painter Lois Dodd and illustrations from the 1940s onward.
Published by Old Stone Press, this is an essential rediscovery: a beautifully documented portrait of a pioneering woman artist, and a must for lovers of modern art and the untold stories of American creativity.
She is believed to be the first woman to earn a master’s degree in art from Louisville’s Hite Art Institute — yet for decades, Sally Hazelet Drummond’s extraordinary journey into abstraction remained little known. In Iconoclastic Fervor, art historian Hillary Sullivan traces this iconoclastic artist’s road through the revolutionary movement of Abstract Expressionism.
Born in Evanston, Illinois in 1924, Drummond forged her own path through a male-dominated art world, developing a distinctive visual language across decades of work. Drawing on her University of Louisville thesis research, Sullivan explores Drummond’s artistic development, her techniques and influences, and her place in the story of American abstract art — accompanied by an essay from acclaimed painter Lois Dodd and illustrations ranging from the 1940s onward.
Published by Old Stone Press, Iconoclastic Fervor: Sally Hazelet Drummond’s Road to Abstraction is an essential rediscovery: a beautifully documented portrait of a pioneering woman artist, and a must for lovers of modern art, art history, and the untold stories of American creativity.
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