Synopses & Reviews
This extensive and lavishly produced book provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis of the history of American Scene (or landscape) painting with an emphasis on artists active during the period from the end of World War I to the outbreak of World War II, which was perhaps the most prolific period for scene painting in the United States. Though little known until recently, Carl W. Peters has been discovered to be one of the finest examples of the 'Great Depression' artists working in North America, and the book, therefore, focuses primarily on this one artist who, more than any other, embodied the essence of American Scene painting throughout his extremely productive life.
Synopsis
This extensive and lavishly produced book provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis of the history of American Scene painting and Regionalism with an emphasis on artists active during the period between the two World Wars.Though little known until recently, Carl W. Peters embodied the essence of American Scene painting throughout his extremely productive life. His works are considered here within the broad panorama of cultural and intellectual history during these exciting decades, when modernism and indigenous American realism were in constant conflict.
Synopsis
An account of the life and work of the American Scene painter Carl W. Peters, and the place of his work within the genre.
This extensive and lavishly produced book provides, for the first time, a detailed analysis of the history of American Scene painting and Regionalism with an emphasis on artists active during the period between the two World Wars.Though little known until recently, Carl W. Peters embodied the essence of American Scene painting throughout his extremely productive life. His works are considered here within the broad panorama of cultural and intellectual history during these exciting decades, when modernism and indigenous American realism were in constant conflict.