American Moderns on Paper presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolors, pastels, and drawings by leading American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. Works by Sloan, O'Keeffe, Hopper, Marin, Dali, and Wyeth, among many others, serve as notable examples of the various styles and subjects pursued by artists in America from 1910 to 1960. The catalogue entries are accompanied by artist biographies.
Organized chronologically, and generously illustrated throughout, the catalogue is introduced by two essays exploring...
American Moderns on Paper presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolors, pastels, and drawings by leading American mod...
In 1865, the American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church and his wife, Isabel, traveled to Jamaica on a sojourn of recovery after the tragic deaths of their two young children Herbert and Emma. A time to mourn and escape from the constant reminders found at their home, Olana, the Churches' trip to Jamaica also provided ample inspiration for Frederic.
The Olana Collection includes eight oil sketches, an ink drawing, and a pencil drawing Church made in Jamaica. Five of these oil sketches on paper Church chose to mount to canvas and frame for his and Isabel's enjoyment; over the...
In 1865, the American landscape painter Frederic Edwin Church and his wife, Isabel, traveled to Jamaica on a sojourn of recovery after the tragic d...
Katharine Baetjer Julie Jones Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
The "Metropolitan Museum Journal, " issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, publishes original research on works in the Museum s collection. Volume 50 includes articles on a rare mechanical figure from ancient Egypt; isolated heads in south Italian vase painting; a bronze hellenistic dwarf; identification of the origins of Kizil paintings in the Metropolitan Museum; The Story of the Mercury and Herse tapestries and Gian Battista Lodi da Cremona; collecting sixteenth-century tapestries in twentieth-century America, specifically examining the Blumenthals and Jacques Seligmann; and...
The "Metropolitan Museum Journal, " issued annually by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, publishes original research on works in the Museum s collection...
Katharine Baetjer Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser Marco Leona
The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works in the museum's collection. Highlights of Volume 51 include a reassessment of a Degas pastel, an examination of painted Maya vessels from the third to tenth centuries, a study of West African photography, and an investigation into the provenance of ancient glass in the Met.
The Metropolitan Museum Journal is issued annually and publishes original research on works in the museum's collection. Highlights of Volume...
