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Claire Fejes
Biography
The late Claire Fejes is considered to be one of Alaska's finest artists. She made a name for herself by traveling to the Arctic to paint Eskimo whaling camps, and to the Yukon River to paint Indian life. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Europe, North America, and Asia. She also was a writer and was author of Cold Starry Night: An Artist's Memoir and the northern best-seller, People of the Noatak.
Books
Cold Starry Night
by Claire Fejes
Price:
$9.95 USD.
Words: 80,270.
Language:
English.
Published: November 6, 2017
by
Epicenter Press.
Categories:
Nonfiction » Biography » Woman biographies, Nonfiction » Biography » Artists, architects, & photographers
Young Claire Fejes was a promising sculptor and painter in New York City when her husband gave in to "gold fever." She held the unconventional view that her career was as important as his. But in those days, a woman followed her husband, so Claire did--to Fairbanks, last stop on the Alaska Railroad, in the heart of the immense northern territory, where Joe Fejes intended to mine for gold.