The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Epoque Paris

$29.99 at de Young Museum.

A deliciously entertaining, never-before-told history of a residence for American women artists in Paris from 1893 to 1914. In Belle Époque Paris, the Eiffel Tower was newly built, France was experiencing remarkable political stability, and American women were painting the town and gathering at a female-only Residence known as The American Girls' Club in Paris. Opened in 1893, The Club was the center of expatriate living and of dedication to a calling in the fine arts, and singularly harbored a generation of…