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Dark Metropolis: Irving Norman's Social Surrealism»rank: 700179by: Michael Duncan, Charles C. Eldredge, Patricia Junker
: :In 1950, San Francisco's M.H. de Young Memorial Museum removed a painting from an exhibition for obscenity for the first time in its history - the painting was 'Big City' by Irving Norman. Norman's work has always inspired controversy and criticism and indeed continues to do so. His vast canvasses abound with dystopian visions, from the horrors of warfare to the ravages of industrialization, and his unexpected use of colour make his works utterly compelling. ('Jaw-droppingly effective social indictments that would have been endorsed by Orwell and Huxley.' - 'Art in America'). 'Dark Metropolis', a book of compelling vision, showcases Norman's jewel-tone colours, transcendent messages, and the technical virtuosity that make his ... |
Winslow Homer: Artist and Angler»rank: 108124by: Patricia Junker, Sarah Burns
: :This engaging book looks closely at Winslow Homer's avid pursuit of fly-fishing and at the inspiration the sport provided for his art.It was fly-fishing that led the eminent painter to three of the locales with which we now associate his name: the Adirondacks in northern New York State, Florida, and Quebec. Each of these distinctive regions elicited unique and strong reactions from the painter, which took form in works that are brilliant studies of light, atmosphere, and the spirit of place.Homer's fly-fishing paintings are an immensely varied and little-understood aspect of his art. They serve as a counterpoint to all his other work, especially in the 1880s and beyond when fly-fishing represented ... |
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John Steuart Curry: Inventing the Middle West»rank: 584509by: Patricia Junker
: :This long-awaited volume marks the centennial of an important and controversial artist, one of the great American Regionalists. Essays cover every aspect of his life and work, and reproduce his finest paintings and drawings of farm life in Kansas, the circus, and the American scene in general. |
David Ligare: Paintings»rank: 1706545by: Patricia Junker, David Ligare, Leon Krier
: :This long-awaited volume marks the centennial of an important and controversial artist, one of the great American Regionalists. Essays cover every aspect of his life and work, and reproduce his finest paintings and drawings of farm life in Kansas, the circus, and the American scene in general. |
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The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco»rank: 1549013by: Marc Simpson, Patricia A. Junker
: :This long-awaited volume marks the centennial of an important and controversial artist, one of the great American Regionalists. Essays cover every aspect of his life and work, and reproduce his finest paintings and drawings of farm life in Kansas, the circus, and the American scene in general. |
An American Collection: Works from the Amon Carter Museum»rank: 1497414by: Patricia Junker
: :This lavish volume relates its history and presents masterworks from 1822 to 1998, with an essay about each and a biography of each artist. |
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The course of empire: The Erie Canal and the New York landscape, 1825-1875 : June 16-August 12, 1984, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, ... New York : exhibition and catalogue»rank: 3090947by: Patricia A Junker
: :This lavish volume relates its history and presents masterworks from 1822 to 1998, with an essay about each and a biography of each artist. |
David Ligare: Paintings»rank: 3090947by: Patricia Junker
: :This lavish volume relates its history and presents masterworks from 1822 to 1998, with an essay about each and a biography of each artist. |
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Promoted to glory: The apotheosis of George Washington : Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, Massachusetts, February 22-April 6, 1980 : exhibition and catalogue»rank: 3245242by: Patricia A Junker
: :This lavish volume relates its history and presents masterworks from 1822 to 1998, with an essay about each and a biography of each artist. |
Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler»rank: 4730434by: Patricia Junker, Sarah Burns
: :This lavish volume relates its history and presents masterworks from 1822 to 1998, with an essay about each and a biography of each artist. |