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Seeing Baya: Portrait of an Algerian Artist in Paris by Alice Kaplan
Did not finish book. Stopped at 14%.
Thank you to Netgalley and the University of Chicago Press for the e-ARC in exchange for an honest review
This is the first biography of 20th century Algerian artist Baya. Unfortunately, I could not finish the book due to a file issue, which I already tried to fix once but now I lost all access to the book. I could read 14% and I enjoyed this beginning but obviously it's not really much of a review. I had heard of Baya before and it's a shame she has little recognition (the author mentions only her home country, Algeria, celebrates her). So, I'm glad there is finally a written biography so that, hopefully, people will learn a little bit about her and her paintings.
This is the first biography of 20th century Algerian artist Baya. Unfortunately, I could not finish the book due to a file issue, which I already tried to fix once but now I lost all access to the book. I could read 14% and I enjoyed this beginning but obviously it's not really much of a review. I had heard of Baya before and it's a shame she has little recognition (the author mentions only her home country, Algeria, celebrates her). So, I'm glad there is finally a written biography so that, hopefully, people will learn a little bit about her and her paintings.