American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

American Drawings and Watercolors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Stephanie L. Herdrich
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Total Pages: 444
Release: 2000
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0870999524

"The Museum's collection illuminates all aspects of Sargent's career. The drawings and watercolors in particular reflect his activity outside the portrait studio: his sojourns in Spain, Morocco and elsewhere in North Africa, and in the Middle East; his enduring fascination with Venice; his holidays in the Italian lake district and the Alps; his tours of North America, including Florida and the Rocky Mountains; his visit as an official war artist to the western front in 1918; and his work as a muralist at the Boston Public Library, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Harvard University's Widener Library."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Painting Portraits and Figures in Watercolor

Painting Portraits and Figures in Watercolor
Author: Mary Whyte
Publisher: Watson-Guptill
Total Pages: 162
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0823026787

Using clear and concise language and in-depth, step-by-step demonstrations, author and renowned artist Mary Whyte guides beginning and intermediate watercolorists through the entire painting process, from selecting materials to fundamental techniques to working with models. Going beyond the practical application of techniques, Whyte helps new artists learn to capture not just the model's physical likeness, but their unique personality and spirit. Richly illustrated, the book features Mary Whyte's vibrant empathetic watercolors and works by such masters of watercolor as Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Drawing on America's Past

Drawing on America's Past
Author:
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2002
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780807827949

This book presents watercolor renderings along with a selection of the artifacts in the Index of American Design, a visual archive of decorative, folk, and popular arts made in America from the colonial period to about 1900. Three essays explore the history, operation, and ambitions of the Index of American Design, examine folk art collecting in America during the early decades of the twentieth century, and consider the Index's role in the search for a national cultural identity in the early twentieth-century United States.

Henry James and American Painting

Henry James and American Painting
Author: Colm Tóibín
Publisher: Penn State the History of the
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780271078526

Explores how the novels of Henry James reflect the significance of the visual culture of his society, and how essential the language and imagery of the arts, as well as friendships with artists, were to James's writing.