Carol Bishop-Gwyn

I received an ARC of this book to read through NetGalley in exchange for a fair review. Art and Rivalry The Marriage of Christopher and Mary Pratt by Carol Bishop-Gwyn is well written and meticulously researched and strives to present facts without making judgment. I recently was following a discussion about famous males and that the reason that they are able to accomplish their great deeds of discovery and art is because they had someone at home taking care of life’s necessities leaving them with the free time to create.
I would say that this would definitely be the case for Christopher Pratt, without Mary he would never have succeeded as an artist. Mary on the other hand was not only capable of taking care of life’s necessities but also of creating a career as an artist while raising 4 children and having an extremely selfish husband who required a lot of care as well. I did find it difficult not to judge both Mary and Christopher Pratt by today’s standards especially with regard to Chrisopher’s habit of sleeping with the teenage mother helpers they employed and Mary not doing more to protect these young woman from her predator husband. Definitely not a comfortable read but interesting all the same. Publishing Date October 8, 2019 #NetGalley #ArtAndRivalry #CarolBishopGwyn #Biography #PenguinRandomHouseCanada #Bookstagram… (mehr)