{"product_id":"joe-jones-andrew-walker-9780891780946","title":"Joe Jones: Radical Painter of the American Scene","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis groundbreaking volume is a long-overdue consideration of the life and work of \u003ci\u003eJoe Jones\u003c\/i\u003e (1909-1963), an American scene painter and social realist from St. Louis. The book examines Jones's meteoric rise from humble housepainter to established artist of national importance and recognition. It considers his work in terms of its modernism, relationship to Communism and issues of race, as well as the artist's involvement with locale, ideas about authenticty and social commitment, and the aesthetic debates of the 1930s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive essays place \u003ci\u003eJoe Jones\u003c\/i\u003e in social and art-historical context, exploring his significance in the St. Louis art world, the centrality of race and social justice to his life and work, the Dust Bowl, the Ste. Genevieve art colony, and Jones's years in New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0891780947\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780891780946\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St Louis Art Museum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 9.90w x 0.97d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011","brand":"Andrew Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48443737506047,"sku":"9780891780946","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e3d51820-396f-43e3-949f-347c024a9070.jpg?v=1777207498","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joe-jones-andrew-walker-9780891780946","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}