New York City Tag
23 Apr Watch: The Tragic Story of Audrey Munson
Posted at 01:48h in art history, beauty standards, fashion, fashion history, Metropolitan Museum, Shady Ladies, Women's History
Not many people know Audrey Munson by name—but if you’ve spent any time in New York City, you’ve seen her face. Munson’s likeness tops some of the city’s grandest buildings. Even when she is remembered, it’s often for the more scandalous and tragic events in...
21 Apr Portrait of Pianist Misia Sert
Misia Sert was an accomplished pianist--a student of Fauré's, who helped her support herself by referring students to her, she also famously accompanied Caruso at parties when he sang Neapolitan songs. But she was most famous as a salonnière, one of the women who ran...