Alice Pike Barney

Standard Name: Barney, Alice Pike

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Education Natalie Clifford Barney
NCB attended a French boarding school in Fontainebleau, Les Ruches (The Beehives), while her mother studied painting in Paris.
Chalon, Jean. Portrait of a Seductress: The World of Natalie Barney. Translator Barko, Carol, Crown, 1979.
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Benstock, Shari. Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940. University of Texas Press, 1986.
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Rood, Karen Lane, editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 4. Gale Research, 1980.
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Family and Intimate relationships Natalie Clifford Barney
Using funds she inherited at her husband 's death, NCB 's mother, Alice Pike Barney , opened Studio House , to support the arts in Washington, DC.
Benstock, Shari. Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940. University of Texas Press, 1986.
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Ballard, Amy. “Barney Studio House: A National Treasure”. Smithsonian Preservation Quarterly, Fall 1994.
Family and Intimate relationships Natalie Clifford Barney
Her mother, Alice Pike , was an accomplished painter, amateur playwright, and generous patron of the arts. She made several trips to Paris to study with masters, including Carolus Duran and Whistler , and often...
Publishing Natalie Clifford Barney
NCB published her first volume of French verse, Quelques portraits-sonnets de femmes, illustrated with four portraits of women by her mother, Alice Pike Barney .
Wickes, George. The Amazon of Letters: The Life and Loves of Natalie Barney. G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1976.
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Benstock, Shari. Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940. University of Texas Press, 1986.
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Chalon, Jean. Portrait of a Seductress: The World of Natalie Barney. Translator Barko, Carol, Crown, 1979.
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