Clever Fresno Girl

Clever Fresno Girl
Author: Marguerite Zorach
Publisher: Associated University Presse
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780874130355

This volume features 30 art-related travel articles by the American modern artist, Marguerite Thompson Zorach (1887-1968). The accompanying essay examines her life in Paris, the people she met, and the art she was exposed to.

Picturing Old New England

Picturing Old New England
Author: William H. Truettner
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 1999
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300079388

Despite the fact that there is a New England of cities, factories, and an increasingly diverse ethnic population, it is the Old New England that Americans have always treasured, finding in it a kind of 'national memory bank.' This book examines images of Old New England created between 1865 and 1945, demonstrating how these images encoded the values of age and tradition to a nation facing complex cultural issues during the period.

American Dreams

American Dreams
Author: Williams College. Museum of Art
Publisher: Hudson Hills
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2001
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781555952105

Williams College, in Williamstown, MA, has collected art since the mid-19th century. In this chronological journey through American art in all media, each of 56 highlighted objects from the museum receives a mini-essay of several hundred words, signed by contributors who frequently are the acknowledged experts on particular artists or works. A full factual entry on each work appears at the back of the book, preceded by extremely brief summaries of the acquisitions histories of the overall collection's painting, drawing, sculpture, Williams portraits, prints, photographs, posters, and decorative arts. College alumni donated many items, including collections on Rube Goldberg, Thomas Nast, and the Prendergasts. This is not the definitive book on American art, but it is an excellent survey with many interesting objects not commonly reproduced. For art history collections. 64 colour & 65 b/w illustrations

A New American Sculpture, 1914-1945

A New American Sculpture, 1914-1945
Author: Shirley Reece-Hughes
Publisher: Other Distribution
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780300226218

Catalog of an exhibition held at Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, May 26-September 8, 2017; Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Tennessee, October 14, 2017-January 7, 2018; and at Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, February 17-May 13, 2018.

Painting Professionals

Painting Professionals
Author: Kirsten Swinth
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2001
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780807849712

Thousands of women pursued artistic careers in the United States during the late nineteenth century. According to census figures, the number of women among the ranks of professional artists rose from 10 percent to nearly 50 percent between 1870 and 1890.

Heidi's Horse

Heidi's Horse
Author: Sylvia Fein
Publisher: Sylvia Fein
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2009
Genre: Child artists
ISBN: 0917388054

My Wonderful Christmas Tree

My Wonderful Christmas Tree
Author: Dahlov Ipcar
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Total Pages: 39
Release: 2024-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1668945908

From the snowy window, look out to see a wondrous, Christmasy world. With vivid imagination and vibrant colors, acclaimed artist Dahlov Ipcar captures a lively scene. From one shining star that graces the top of an evergreen, she envisions a parade of captivating creatures that come to visit: young black bears and snowy owls, evening grosbeaks and happy chipmunks. My Wonderful Christmas Tree by the legendary Dahlov Ipcar is a holiday classic that conveys the spirit of the Christmas season in nature.

The Stettheimer Dollhouse

The Stettheimer Dollhouse
Author: Sheila W. Clark
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009
Genre: Dollhouses
ISBN: 9780764948022

Infusing her sensibility into every detail—from the Limoges vases in the chintz bedroom to the crystal-trimmed candelabra in the salon—Carrie Walter Stettheimer (American, 1869–1944) wove together the fashion and style of New York's high society in the early twentieth century to create one of the finest dollhouses in the world. Stettheimer worked on the twelve-room dollhouse for nearly two decades, creating many of the furnishings and decorations by hand. Styles of decoration vary from room to room, yet the wallpapers, furniture, and fixtures are all characteristic of the period following World War I. The result is a magnificent work of art, now in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York.What may be the most astounding aspect of the Stettheimer Dollhouse is its one-of-a-kind art gallery, featuring miniature works from renowned avant-garde artists of the 1920s. Along with her mother and two sisters—Florine, a painter whose works are in many major museum collections, and Ettie, a writer—Stettheimer hosted grand soirées attended by contemporary artists, including Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, and Gaston Lachaise, who presented her with miniature works for her dollhouse.The Stettheimer Dollhouse showcases all the works created especially for the dollhouse, including Duchamp's three-inch version of Nude Descending a Staircase. Each artist in the collection is profiled, while descriptions and color photographs of each room in the dollhouse offer an intimate tour of this delightful masterpiece.