Synopses & Reviews
This lively, beautifully illustrated book focuses on a group of American artists who applied Impressionist ideas and techniques to American subjects, and in so doing, they attracted and cultivated an enthusiastic American audience.and#160; These artists, including Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, James McNeill Whistler, Theodore Robinson, William Merritt Chase, and Childe Hassam, invented a new and highly diverse formulation of the Impressionist movement.and#160; Essays by experts in the field of Impressionism discuss the impact of Impressionism on the countryside and city paintings of Robinson and Hassam; and consider significant pictures by Cassatt, Sargent, and Whistler that demonstrate their role in the exploration of brilliant color harmonies and compositions developed from contact with French artists such as Claude Monet and Edgar Degas.and#160; The book features more than 60 paintings, some well known, others less familiar, produced in Europe and America.and#160; By representing American imagery, from the Atlantic coastline to New Yorkand#8217;s public gardens, through the most current ideas about art-making, the artists showcased here created a unique expression of an evolving national identity.
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A landmark retrospective that examines William Merritt Chase and his lasting contribution to the history of modern art
The history of modern art owes a great debt to William Merritt Chase (1849 1916), one of America s influential artists and educators. Chase was a leading member of the international artistic avant-garde and was best known for his mastery of a wide range of subjects in oil and pastel, including figures, landscapes, urban park scenes, interiors, and portraits. As a teacher and founder of the Shinnecock Summer School of Art and the New York School of Art, Chase mentored a new generation of modernists, including Edward Hopper, Georgia O Keeffe, and Joseph Stella.
A century after his death, the breadth and richness of Chase s career are celebrated in this beautifully illustrated publication. Five essays by prominent scholars of American art offer new insights into Chase s multi-faceted artistic practice and his position in the international cultural climate at the turn of the 20th century."
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Russian artist and theoretician Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944) was a significant figure in 20th-century abstraction. His masterwork
Painting with White Border (1913; Guggenheim Museum), inspired by his native Moscow, emerged during an intensely creative period in his artistic development.
Kandinsky and the Harmony of Silenceand#160;presents a rare, in-depth examination of the painting and more than fifteen preparatory studies in watercolor, oil, and pencil, along with closely related works made during this influential chapter in Kandinsky's career.
This handsome book includes essays illuminating how Painting with White Border also relates to Kandinsky's writings, including Concerning the Spiritual in Art (published 100 years ago) and his autobiography Reminiscences.and#160;A jointly authored essay byand#160;conservators at the Phillips and the Guggenheim presents the results of a recent conservation analysis of the painting and its related oil sketch (1913; The Phillips Collection), revealing important new discoveries about the artist's creative process, materials, and methods.
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A sumptuously illustrated exploration of American artistsand#8217; interpretations of Impressionist styles and themes
Synopsis
This lively and beautifully illustrated book focuses on a group of American artists who applied Impressionist ideas and techniques to American subjects.
About the Author
Katherine M. Bourguignon is associate curator at Terra Foundation for American Art in Europe.
Frances Fowle is reader in history of art at the University of Edinburgh and senior curator of French art at the Scottish National Gallery.
Richard R. Brettell is the Margaret McDermott Distinguished Chair, Art and Aesthetics, at the University of Texas at Dallas.