Virginia Woolf is a painting by David Hinds which was uploaded on September 13th, 2018.
Virginia Woolf
Virginia Woolf. Her name may spark memories of your high school reading list: Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and A Room of One's Own, among her... more
by David Hinds
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16.000 x 20.000 x 0.250 inches
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Title
Virginia Woolf
Artist
David Hinds
Medium
Painting - Pastel On Panel
Description
Virginia Woolf. Her name may spark memories of your high school reading list: Mrs. Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, and A Room of One's Own, among her most famous. Or you may have powerful visions of her famous demise: a mentally troubled writer placing heavy stones in her pockets and walking into a river to end her life.
But if you're a literary enthusiast of Woolf, you probably know a lot more about her tragedies: an alleged victim of childhood incest by her half-brother; the unexpected death of her mother at 13 and shortly after, the ensuing deaths of her half-sister, father, and brother; her mental breakdowns, her suicide attempts, her lifelong struggle with bipolar disorder and anorexia. No doubt, the English writer's life was not an enviable one, and the question of whether or not her "madness" informed the genius of her art may never have a definitive answer.
But what we can say is that despite her many personal struggles, Woolf's literary legacy is a testament to the immense resilience of her creative spirit. Considered to be one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century, Woolf was a prolific writer; in her career, she published nine novels, three biographies, countless short stories, essays, letters, and works of nonfiction, which discussed subjects ranging from history, politics, art and feminism.
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September 13th, 2018
