Mina Loy Research Paper
Mina Loy was born on December 27, 1882 in London, England. She attended a conservative art school, finding herself influenced by impressionism. She achieved some success as a painter, with her paintings included in the Salon d’Automne show in Paris in 1905. As an artist, she moved through various mediums, from oil to ink, then light fixtures, then finally sculptures. With her sculptures, she used everyday items she found on the streets of Manhattan. She moved to the United States of 1916. Loy felt she was more of a visual artist than a writer, claiming at the end of her life that she “never was a poet.” In her later years, she became more reclusive, and died on September 25, 1966 in Aspen, Colorado. She left behind a few unfinished works, such
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She also had some conservative ideas, most likely originating from her art school education. As an art student, Loy became involved with Stephen Haweis. They moved to Paris to paint and were married there in 1903. Instead of taking her husband's name, Mina changed her last name, which was originally Lowy, to Loy, struggling with the feminist ideas of taking a man’s name instead of keeping their own, and what these things mean. When she moved to New York in 1916, she left her husband, wishing to divorce him, and her children, whom she left with a nurse. This is where she met Arthur Cravan, a self-styled Dadaist. He fled to Mexico to avoid the draft, and Loy followed him when her divorce was final. They were married in Mexico City in 1918, and lived in poverty there for many years. When she found out that she was pregnant, she traveled on a hospital ship to Buenos Aires, "where she intended to wait for Cravan, but Cravan never appeared, nor was he ever seen again.” The poem “Lunar Baedeker” is a wild poem that talks about the afterlife in a moonlike world. This is one of Loy’s more interesting and fascinating works, with various
She also had some conservative ideas, most likely originating from her art school education. As an art student, Loy became involved with Stephen Haweis. They moved to Paris to paint and were married there in 1903. Instead of taking her husband's name, Mina changed her last name, which was originally Lowy, to Loy, struggling with the feminist ideas of taking a man’s name instead of keeping their own, and what these things mean. When she moved to New York in 1916, she left her husband, wishing to divorce him, and her children, whom she left with a nurse. This is where she met Arthur Cravan, a self-styled Dadaist. He fled to Mexico to avoid the draft, and Loy followed him when her divorce was final. They were married in Mexico City in 1918, and lived in poverty there for many years. When she found out that she was pregnant, she traveled on a hospital ship to Buenos Aires, "where she intended to wait for Cravan, but Cravan never appeared, nor was he ever seen again.” The poem “Lunar Baedeker” is a wild poem that talks about the afterlife in a moonlike world. This is one of Loy’s more interesting and fascinating works, with various