Without Hands: The Art of Sarah Biffin Rutherford Emma
Without Hands: The Art of Sarah Biffin Rutherford Emma A celebration of an artist whose under-sung legacy testifies to the enduring power of originality, drive, and devotion.Accompanying an…
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Without Hands: The Art of Sarah Biffin Rutherford Emma
A celebration of an artist whose under-sung legacy testifies to the enduring power of originality, drive, and devotion.Accompanying an exhibition at Philip Mould & Company, Without Hands presents the art of Sarah Biffin. Eventually, she rose to fame as a talented miniaturist, signing many of her works "without hands."Despite her prolific output, including commissions from royalty and exquisitely detailed self-portraits, Biffin's work has been overlooked by art historians. Biffin (1784-1850) was born with phocomelia, a condition described on her baptism record as "born without arms and legs." After learning to sew and write as a child, Biffin joined a traveling sideshow where she painted in front of an audience.
Beautifully illustrated and including original research, Without Hands celebrates Biffin as an artist who challenged contemporary