This is the MySpace branch of the website My Tribute to Zelda (MTTZ). This group was made to help unite fellow fans of writer/artist/dancer/flapper Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (1900-1948) and to make them a part of my website community which is always a work-in-progress. So please spread the word to anyone you think may get something out of MTTZ.
A note: The pics uploaded in the group photos are part of a collection I have built from various websites online, from people kind enough to send their rare photos to me, and from scanned photos out of books I own. They are for sharing purposes only and will be rotated occasionally. You can see more of the same when you click on the Flickr link below.
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About Zelda: The youngest of six children, Zelda was the belle of Montgomery when she met struggling writer F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1918. She had many beaus and was notorious for her misadventures. Scott and Zelda married soon after the publication of his first novel in April 1920 and had their only child, Scottie, in October 1921. They led a rich sprawling existance full of stories, liquor, cigarettes, adultery, expatriate friends, and marital problems. Zelda had a real talent for art and writing which was marred by a family history of mental instability, jealousy over Scott's numerous affairs, and the shadow of her famous husband, without whose name a lot of her stories never would've been published or earned the money they did. She had her first mental breakdown in 1930, and would be living in various mental institutions until her early death at age 47 in a fire that broke out at Highland Hospital on March 10th, 1948. It is only within recent years that she is being gradually recognized as the artist she truly was, and not for being "Scott's crazy wife".
Zelda published one novel, "Save Me the Waltz" in 1932, a play, "Scandalabra" in 1934, and various short stories and articles. At the age of 27 she began studying ballet under Lubov Egorova, who danced with Diaghilev's Russian ballet troupe, and was offered to dance in Naples but Zelda turned the offer down. She had aspired to be a prima ballerina but began too late to achieve anything more than supporting roles. She also painted a variety of paintings dealing with religion, fairytales, and still life. She began painting in the mid 1920s and continued this until her death. She also made numerous paper dolls resembling herself, Scott, and Scottie (among many other characters) for her daughter and grandchildren. Many of her paintings were done specifically for her grandchildren.