Saidie May, Pioneer of Early 20th Century Collecting - Softcover

A fascinating look at the life of a woman helping to move the art world from the 19th into the 20th century. Saidie May was at the forefront of the avant garde French Surrealist movement and the American Abstract art movement, and made it possible for the American public to learn about both. She gave the first Picasso at an American museum and made education in art a priority in her collecting career. She helped to save Marc Chagall and Andre Masson form the Holocaust and brought them to America where their influence on young artists is still felt to this day. THis book takes the reader on a voyage from 19th century Europe through mid-20th Century America and how one woman helped shape the art we see in American museums today.