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Publisher
Lombard Historical Society
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"Sheldon Peck is acknowledged not only as a very fine folk-art portraitist but also as a radical abolitionist. Ordinarily, those two arenas would not intersect in life, or in a book about the work of a folk artist, however, research about Sheldon Peck and his life support the belief that many of his subjects were also abolitionists. Therefore, his portraits are not only enjoyed and analyzed as art, they are viewed as documentation of regional abolitionist...
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A sweeping retrospective exploring the oeuvre of an incandescent artist, revealing the ways that Mitchell expanded painting beyond Abstract Expressionism as well as the transatlantic contexts that shaped her. Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) was fearless in her experimentation, creating works of unparalleled beauty, strength, and emotional intensity. This gorgeous book unfolds the story of an artistic master of the highest order, revealing the ways she expanded...
9) Mary Cassatt
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
©1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Briefly examines the life and work of the American Impressionist painter, describing and giving examples of her art
Publisher
Hazan
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Monet - Mitchell explores the artistic parallels between Joan Mitchell (1925-1992) and Claude Monet (1840-1926), who lived and worked in the same area outside of Paris at different moments in time, responding to a shared landscape. Mitchell achieved recognition in the New York scene in the 1950s before gradually settling in Paris at the end of the decade and establishing her studio in 1968 in ̌Vtheuil--where Monet lived for several years. The book...
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