Art, Ambition & the Gilded Age: The Miniature Painter Revealed with Kathleen Langone

What can a miniature portrait painter teach us about fame, fortune, and forgotten women of the Gilded Age? In this episode I welcome historian and author Kathleen Langone to explore the fascinating life and career of Amalia Kussner — one of the Gilded Age’s most sought-after portrait artists. Drawing from her new book, The Miniature Painter Revealed: Amalia Kussner's Gilded Age Pursuit of Fame and Fortune, Langone discusses Kussner’s remarkable rise, her elite clientele (including American an...