{"product_id":"charles-deas-and-1840s-america-carol-clark-9780806140308","title":"Charles Deas and 1840s America: Volume 4","description":"Charles Deas (1818-67), an enigmatic figure on the edge of mainstream artistic circles in mid-nineteenth-century New York, went west to explore new opportunities and subjects in 1840. From his adopted hometown of St. Louis, Deas sent his iconic paintings of fur trappers and Indians back east for exhibition and sale, briefly winning the recognition that had earlier eluded him.\u003cp\u003eThis handsome volume--featuring more than 150 illustrations, 70 in color--is the first book exclusively devoted to Deas. In two major essays, Carol Clark presents Deas's haunting biography and complex art--works that embodied Americans' uncertainty about the future of their rapidly expanding nation, especially in the contested spaces of the West. Ranging from Indian genre scenes to more violent and bizarre themes drawn from literature and his own imagination, Deas's images reverberate with the racial tensions and cut-throat economic competition of the period. Three additional essayists examine the historical, political, and social context of Deas's art and discuss in detail two of his major paintings, \u003ci\u003eWalking the Chalk and Long Jakes, \"the Rocky Mountain Man.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume also includes Clark's catalogue of Deas's paintings, watercolors, and drawings--the most extensive recovery and documentation to date of the work of this important but little-known artist. \u003ci\u003eCharles Deas and 1840s America\u003c\/i\u003e will constitute the definitive reference on the painter for years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carol Clark\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806140305\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806140308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.36h x 9.31w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 240","brand":"Carol Clark","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926253338879,"sku":"9780806140308","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_71c9cc26-94c5-459f-83d3-726acd47f78e.jpg?v=1681082049","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-deas-and-1840s-america-carol-clark-9780806140308","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}