{"product_id":"wild-love-by-kiera-lindsey-9781760296759","title":"Wild Love","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eColonial lasses were expected to marry at sixteen, 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 frescoes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAdelaide Ironside was the granddaughter 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 'enthusiasm and wild 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this compelling biography, historian Kiera Lindsey recreates Adelaide's life and her relationship with her mother, Martha, who was her greatest supporter but who 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'An enchanting story of a brilliant young woman who lived, and died, for her art.'\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eSue Williams, author of \u003ci\u003eElizabeth and Elizabeth\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Meticulously researched, imaginatively written and lavishly illustrated, \u003ci\u003eWild Love\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs with breathtaking vividness the passionate life of Adelaide Ironside and the rapidly changing world of which she was a part.'\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eProfessor Kevin A. Morrison, editor of \u003ci\u003eGlobal Nineteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.'\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eProfessor Kate Darian-Smith, University of Tasmania\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'This bold work of imagination and research is as startling as the wild paintings that made Ironside famous.'\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003cb\u003eWilliam Pooley, University of Bristol\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46847312822508,"sku":"9781760296759","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20354533482814.jpg?v=1758935804","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/wild-love-by-kiera-lindsey-9781760296759","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}