50 American artists you should know
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50 American artists you should know
Prestel, [2010]
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Fifty American artists you should know
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents of Works
- Colonial limners
- John Singleton Copley
- Charles Willson Peale
- George Catlin
- Thomas Cole
- Eastman Johnson
- George Inness
- Frederic Edwin Church
- James McNeill Whistler
- Winslow Homer
- Thomas Eakins
- Mary Cassatt
- John F. Peto
- John Singer Sargent
- Henry Ossawa Tanner
- John Sloan
- Marsden Hartley
- Edward Hopper
- Georgia O'Keeffe
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Grant Wood
- Henry Darger
- Martín Ramírez
- Alexander Calder
- Alice Neel
- Mark Rothko
- Joseph Cornell
- Willem de Kooning
- Paul Cadmus
- Dorothea Tanning
- Louise Bourgeois
- Romare Beardon
- Jackson Pollock
- Jacob Lawrence
- Richard Diebenkorn
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Nancy Spero
- Andy Warhol
- Claes Oldenburg
- Jasper Johns
- Frank Stella
- Robert Smithson
- Richard Serra
- Ed Paschke
- Chuck Close
- Elizabeth Murray
- Cindy Sherman
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Matthew Barney
- Kara Walker
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This beautifully produced and comprehensive survey of fifty influential American artists richly details their important contributions to the art world. Including Homer, Whistler, Cassatt, Sargent, Hopper, O'Keefe, Calder, Pollock, Rothko, Bourgeois, Johns, Warhol and Serra, the most important American artists are profiled in chronologically arranged double-page spreads. For each artist there is a timeline highlighting significant events in their life; a succinct biography and information outlining their accomplishments and influence; additional resources to further study of the artist and full-colour reproductions of the artist's works. Packed with information, here is a stunning and absorbing book that clearly illustrates the artistic contributions of American artists.
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