{"product_id":"seeing-silence-by-dita-amory-9781588398079","title":"Seeing Silence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA groundbreaking introduction to Scandinavian artist Helene Schjerfbeck through the paintings and drawings that mark her as an exceptional modernist.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this richly illustrated study, leading scholars reevaluate the role of Finnish painter Helene Schjerfbeck (1862–1946) in the history of modernism by highlighting pivotal passages in her sixty-year career—from her training at the Finnish Art Society and remarkable early success to her studies in Paris and St. Ives and eventual return to Finland. There, in relative isolation, she pared down figure paintings and still lifes to near abstraction while introducing greater complexity in her canvases.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLong celebrated in Finland and Sweden, Schjerfbeck is relatively unknown to the rest of the world. This book, the first major study in English of the artist's work, provides fresh insight into her idiosyncratic processes and discusses the series of haunting self-portraits that she painted in her final years, which stand among the twentieth century's most extraordinary self-examinations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck\u003c\/em\u003e introduces an extraordinary Nordic artist who realized her own unique vision with passionate determination, despite personal adversity and her homeland's turbulent political history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by The Metropolitan Museum of Art\/Distributed by Yale University Press\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York\u003cbr\u003e(December 5, 2025–April 5, 2026)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46871479845100,"sku":"9781588398079","price":83.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/83af7517c582cb48838d27f1459be58e.jpg?v=1759983909","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/seeing-silence-by-dita-amory-9781588398079","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}