Art - American - General

Mixed Media investigates Black and white artists' efforts toward racial integration, from the infamous 1931 Scottsboro Boys trial until Brown v. Board's 1954 desegregation of public schools. Each chapter attends to a distinctive visual ecology fostered by institutions and individuals committed to desegregation to...

"An Isleboro Sketch", penned by Joel Cook and illustrated by Louis Kinney Harlow, offers a charming glimpse into the allure of Isleboro, Maine, during the late 19th century. This historical work captures the essence of the island's scenic beauty and tranquil atmosphere, reflecting the...

A collection of engaging and highly readable essays from a leading scholar of the social history of American Art. In these essay, spanning from 1977 to 2023, Alan Wallach explores the art of Thomas Cole, patronage of the Hudson River School, so-called "Luminism," the...

This volume features nearly 500 paintings, watercolors, pastels, and miniatures from Harvard University's storied, yet little-known, collection of American art. These works, many unpublished, are drawn from the Harvard Art Museums, the University Portrait Collection, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, and other...

Few artists were as determined to shape their own legacy as James Abbott McNeill Whistler. Fiercely protective of his reputation, he denounced would-be biographers, published The Gentle Art of Making Enemies as his own autobiography, and destroyed works he thought unworthy of his genius,...

Demonstrates what made Modernist art in the Puget Sound region uniqueIn the early twentieth century, the Puget Sound region was home to a progressive artistic and cultural scene shaped by the region's rapid urbanization, its singular natural environment, and its orientation to the Pacific...

In this collection of lectures, Edwin Howland Blashfield offers an in-depth exploration of mural painting in America. From the earliest colonial works to the modern murals of the early 20th century, Blashfield traces the evolution of this important art form. The lectures provide a...

The folk-art of the New Mexican Santero (maker of saint images) arose out of the need for religious images in the settlements. Usually a member of the settlement, the Santero was in most instances a self-taught craftsman. Utilizing crude tools at his disposal, he...

Published by Skira Rizzoli in association with Peter Freeman, Inc. Catherine Murphy has been celebrated as a representational painter of exceptional precision, and this, her first monograph, Catherine Murphy, surveys her complete work, which unites American Minimalism and American naturalist painting. Murphy has evolved...

In 1805, Jean Jacques Audubon was a twenty-year-old itinerant Frenchman of ignoble birth and indifferent education who had fled revolutionary violence in Haiti and then France to take refuge in frontier America. Ten years later, John James Audubon was an American citizen, entrepreneur, and...

Delves into the wealth of unrealized artist projects documented in the collections of the Archives of American Art: unrealized artworks, publications, exhibitions, and other creative ventures that, for a variety of reasons, were planned but not brought to completion. Best Laid Plans highlights rarely...

Welcome to an Alphabet book with a twist - with two or more paintings for each letter. A fun way to review the alphabet with students, to introduce them to great art, or both. Students can look through these paintings that span many centuries,...

From his New-Hampshire's home Mark O'Keyney finds a job in an NGO based in Port-au-Prince HAITI. This will completely change his life. This is a book about finding out the complexity of this world and the miserable living conditions of most humans in not...

Surely we can offer the victims of 9/11 a better tribute than Reflecting Absence, a gloomy piece of landscape architecture with lists of names. But what makes an effective tribute? What makes a memorable memorial? The sculptures in nearby Battery Park provide excellent examples...

Presenting the latest iteration of this crucial exhibition, always a barometer of contemporary American art The 2022 Whitney Biennial is accompanied by this landmark volume. Each of the Biennial's participants is represented by a selected exhibition history, a bibliography, and imagery complemented by a...

The first book to survey the rich history of art on Fire Island - a beloved destination and cultural haven for queer individuals from around the worldFor nearly one hundred years, Fire Island has served as a haven for queer individuals from around the...

WHAT I purpose in the following pages is to give a plain and distinct account of the steps by which I was led during a course of many years to embrace the doctrine of Christian Perfection. This I owe to the serious part of...

R.B. Kitaj: London to Los Angeles explores the relationship between Kitaj's art and the places where he lived. This is the first significant publication about the artist in over a decade and provides a chronological overview of Kitaj's career. Published to accompany Piano Nobile's...

This book featuires a series of mixed media artworks based on the architecture and coior of of New Orleans neighborhoods. In 2017, I was in New Orleans in conjunction with an exhibition of my work at the Jonathan Ferrara Gallery. Fifty years after my...

This volume provides a detailed look at the American art exhibition at the 1900 Paris Exposition, showcasing the works of artists such as John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, and Augustus Saint-Gaudens.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part...

The third biennial David B. Warren Symposium, held in 2011, commemorated the sesquicentennial of the start of the American Civil War. A cadre of distinguished scholars gathered to examine the material culture of the Civil War era.This volume presents four insightful essays that explore...

Bayou Bend Collection and Gardens at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston presented the inaugural David B. Warren Symposium "American Material Culture and the Texas Experience" in 2007. Bayou Bend, one of the great cultural treasures in the state of Texas, is renowned for...

Reflecting on the sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, this notable book brings together a range of media and perspectives that show how the conflict has been recorded and remembered over time. Fifteen essays written by leading scholars in a variety of disciplines explore...

Author: Bettina NortonISBN-13: 9798990133433Publisher: Tidepool PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 12/12/2025Pages: 408Format: Hardcover

Divine Anarchy: A Collection of Art & Writing​Through a collection of more than a hundred paintings and twenty-one pieces of writing, CJ Story builds a world alive with heat, humor and heartbreak. From lost mentors and burning cities to lovers, dreamers and drunks, Divine...

A collection of evocative quotations from the pioneering artist that offer insights into her ideas about art and the natural world Georgia O'Keeffe was one of the most important and influential artists of the twentieth century. Bridging representation and abstraction, she depicted plants, flowers,...

Portraits of Empiricism reveals how pictures expose the paradoxes at the heart of empiricist philosophy. Although many people believe that knowledge derives primarily from sensory experience, this defining principle brings with it persistent problems: the role of logic in knowledge production, the place of...

This is the first book to examine the key role played by New York gallerist and dealer Valentine Dudensing (1892-1967) in shaping the canon of modern art in the United States. It reveals how Dudensing developed relationships with the country's leading art collectors, establishing...

In the nineteenth century, the people of Alabama relied on newspapers to learn about the world outside their own hometowns. Prior to the 1890s, the technology did not exist to economically publish photographs in newspapers, so some publishers employed artists to draw and engrave...

A stunningly illustrated history of the vibrant and diverse postwar art scene in Los Angeles.This comprehensive, richly illustrated book explores postwar American art from a new perspective: Southern California. The analysis of the L.A. art scene from the end of World War II until...

This final work in John Lent's series of bibliographies on comic art gathers together an astounding array of citations on American comic books and comic strips. Included in this volume are citations regarding anthologies and reprints; criticism and reviews; exhibitions, festivals, and awards; scholarship...

Discover the art book "America" through the Eyes of the artist Jens KaeumleIn AMERICA, Jens Kaeumle, a celebrated artist with roots in Germany and an international artistic journey, delves into the multifaceted history and identity of America. With a background shaped by studying under...

A postcard collection from popular Seattle artist and tattoer Kyler Martz, featuring his signature ladies from the Daring Dames journal. A playful postcard set filled with gorgeous, retro-cool illustrations of thrill-seeking girls high-diving, riding motorcycles, zipping along on skateboards, and being rad overall. This...

Throughout the Great Recession American artists and public art endowments have had to fight for government support to keep themselves afloat. It wasn't always this way. At its height in 1935, the New Deal devoted $27 million--roughly $461 million today--to supporting tens of thousands...

From 1965 to present, artist Garey Riester has lived in four states and three countries in a total of 54 different locations and 14 different studios. He has completed more than 750 works of art, without the inclusion of art prints and photographs. More...

Published on the occasion of a major new career retrospective, Marcia Marcus: I Paint What I Like, provides a much-needed, extensive monographic exploration of the art of Marcia Marcus (1928-2025), a strikingly original artist whose contributions have been overlooked.Marcia Marcus was described as "...eye-poppingly...

Explore the life and work of William Morris Hunt, a prominent figure in 19th-century American art. This book delves into Hunt's artistic journey, showcasing his significant contributions to painting and his influence on the Boston art scene. Discover the evolution of his style, from...

In Spiritual American Trash, Greg Bottoms goes beyond the examination of eight "outsider artists" and inhabits the spirit of their work and stories in engaging vignettes. From the janitor who created a holy throne room out of scraps in a garage, to the lonely...

Inspiration for this new American art form began while I was living in Norway in 1979. I began creating Symbolic Art Patterns (SartP) after designing the trademarked Lewis and Guggenheim Collection of black iconography in 1991 with the late Mary Guggenheim in Paris, France....

Geometry can be found all around us. The Persistence of Geometry is an exploration of the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with a special emphasis on modern and contemporary art. It is a highly personal visual journey that records not only...

""German Art of the Twentieth Century"" by Werner Haftmann is a comprehensive survey of the art movements and artists that emerged in Germany during the 20th century. The book provides an in-depth analysis of the historical, cultural, and political context that influenced the development...

Experience the divine artistry of William Blake's "Illustrations of The Book of Job," a timeless exploration of faith, suffering, and redemption. This collection showcases Blake's iconic engravings, bringing the profound narrative of Job to life through powerful visual interpretations. A cornerstone of religious and...

The first retrospective on Parasol Press, a New York-based print publisher that swiftly became a critical force in both American printmaking and the contemporary art world Parasol Press: Breaking New Ground is the first retrospective to survey the breadth of Parasol Press's remarkable publications...

In revisiting a seminal modernist exhibition, this catalog-cum-reader connects Post-Painterly Abstraction to contemporary art through criticism from the 1960s to the presentThis volume, Three American Painters: Then And Now is the catalog of a 2024 exhibition that never happened. The show sought to update...

Arthur Jerome Eddy, the Chicago lawyer, author, and art collector, was a legend in his lifetime (1859-1920). He was the first person to buy radically modern paintings by Marcel Duchamp and Francis Picabia at the 1913 Army Show, the first American collector to purchase...

Tracing the dissemination of Secessionist ideas of child creativity - from their origination in early-20th century Vienna through to their eventual commodification in postwar America - this book highlights the central role that visual art has played in child education and in nurturing creativity...

The first comprehensive monograph on the daring, irreverent, and fantastical art of the Haas BrothersStep into a world where design meets art in the most audacious, subversive, and captivating ways. Haas Brothers: Uncanny Valley is the much-anticipated first monograph on the daring, irreverent, and...

In his works, Hopper poetically expressed the solitude of man confronted with the American way of life as it developed in the 1920s. Inspired by the movies and particularly by the various camera angles and attitudes of characters, his paintings expose the alienation of...

The book Rooted. Female Brazilian Artists, accompanies the eponymous exhibition at Brainlab/Munich, which is open until the end of September 2025. The works of the 16 artists come from the collection of Sergio Linhares and Stefan Vilsmeier. The collectors present this selection hoping to...

A celebration of the artist William North and his paintings of Florida's oranges and citrus groves. His two daughters, Colleen and Karen, add insight into this prolific artist and his work. Each full color painting is accompanied by entertaining text from the artist/author.Author: William...