the thematic concerns of the Fourteenth St. School, as well as her contribution to feminism and the "new woman" emerging in urban landscapes. The "Fourteenth Street School," was a loosely affiliated group named for the area around Union Square, where Bishop, Reginald Marsh, and the brothers Raphael Soyer and Moses Soyer worked. In the mid-1940s, E. P. Dutton commissioned Bishop to illustrate a new edition of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. Bishop produced 31 pen-and-ink drawings (the originals are now at the Pierpont Morgan Library). The first retrospective exhibition of Bishop's work was held during her lifetime at the University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1974. Awards In 1943, Bishop was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter presented her with the Outstanding Achievement in the Arts Award. In 1987, she received a Gold Medal for Painting by the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Notable works Virgil and Dante in Union Square, 1932, Oil on canvas, Delaware Art Museum This piece hung in Bishop's Riverdale home for more than seven years, and set the leitmotif of her career. As a child, Bishop became familiar with the story of Virgil and Dante through her mother, who was translating the text from Italian. Dante's journey through heaven and hell represented the extraordinary depth to life and its many experiences. The two figures standing in front of Union Square adds a narrative element to the bustling scene of life in a city of millions, and sets the scene for her various paintings and prints of urban life.Two Girls, 1935, Oil and tempera on Masonite, Metropolitan Museum of Art One of Bishop's most well-known works, the painting took more than a year to complete and was shown at the Midtown Galleries. For the piece, Bishop had two acquaintances from the Union Square area pose, wanting to capture the interaction of the two figures. The piece was painted with oil and tempera.Encounter, 1940, Oil and tempera on Masonite, St Louis Art Museum In Encounter, Bishop continues with her multiple-figure compositions capturing a scene of interaction between a man and a woman on a city street. Her depiction of the woman as forthright and confident, approaching the man and backing him against a wall, exemplifies Bishop's understanding of shifting gender roles at the time.Tidying Up, 1941, Oil on Masonite, Indianapolis Museum of Art 'Tidying Up depicts