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Colonial lasses were expected to marry at 16, but she wanted to be an artist, not a wife, and she had big ambitions. She wanted to train with the best painters of her day in Europe, to elevate her sex, and to adorn her home town of Sydney with republican frescos.
Adelaide Ironside was the grand-daughter of a convict forger, and the first locally-born female professional painter to leave the colonies to train abroad. She astonished the poet Robert Browning with her 'wild and enthusiastic ways', was mentored by John Ruskin, sold her work to the Prince of Wales, and won accolades in Rome and London as well as Paris and Sydney. Yet today she is largely forgotten.
In this compelling biography, historian Kiera Lindsey recreates Adelaide's life and her relationship with her mother Martha, who was her greatest supporter, but also hindered her from fully realising her ambitions. She reveals how romantic mysticism infused Adelaide's life and work, and how the rebellious ideas of the Pre-Raphaelites changed the course of Adelaide's art and career.
'An enchanting story of a brilliant young woman who lived, and died, for her art.' -Sue Williams, author of Elizabeth and Elizabeth
'Meticulously researched, imaginatively written, and lavishly illustrated, Wild Love reconstructs with breathtaking vividness the passionate life of Adelaide Ironside and the rapidly changing world of which she was a part' - Professor Kevin A. Morrison, editor of Global Nineteenth-Century Studies
'This delightful book recounts the surprising experiences of women across generations, traversing the streets of colonial Sydney to the artistic salons of Rome in the pursuit of creative freedoms.' - Professor Kate Darian-Smith, University of Tasmania
'This bold work of imagination and research is as startling as the wild paintings that made Ironside famous' - William Pooley, University of Bristol
Colonial lasses were expected to marry at 16, but she wanted to be an artist, not a wife, and she had big ambitions. She wanted to train with the best painters of her day in Europe, to elevate her sex, and to adorn her home town of Sydney with republican frescos.
Adelaide Ironside was the grand-daughter of a convict forger, and the first locally-born female professional painter to leave the colonies to train abroad. She astonished the poet Robert Browning with her 'wild and enthusiastic ways', was mentored by John Ruskin, sold her work to the Prince of Wales, and won accolades in Rome and London as well as Paris and Sydney. Yet today she is largely forgotten.
In this compelling biography, historian Kiera Lindsey recreates Adelaide's life and her relationship with her mother Martha, who was her greatest supporter, but also hindered her from fully realising her ambitions. She reveals how romantic mysticism infused Adelaide's life and work, and how the rebellious ideas of the Pre-Raphaelites changed the course of Adelaide's art and career.
'An enchanting story of a brilliant young woman who lived, and died, for her art.' -Sue Williams, author of Elizabeth and Elizabeth
'Meticulously researched, imaginatively written, and lavishly illustrated, Wild Love reconstructs with breathtaking vividness the passionate life of Adelaide Ironside and the rapidly changing world of which she was a part' - Professor Kevin A. Morrison, editor of Global Nineteenth-Century Studies
'This delightful book recounts the surprising experiences of women across generations, traversing the streets of colonial Sydney to the artistic salons of Rome in the pursuit of creative freedoms.' - Professor Kate Darian-Smith, University of Tasmania
'This bold work of imagination and research is as startling as the wild paintings that made Ironside famous' - William Pooley, University of Bristol