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Modern American Painters

Book by Samuel M. Kootz; Brewer & Warren, Inc., 1930

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Painters--United States, Painting--United States

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...discover nationalistic painters. The word American has nothing to do with...concerned solely with what painters in America are trying...speculate upon the best painter in America, and, particularly...test the worth of each painter as an artist. The Spaniard...gain in beseeching our painters to portray American...
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The Eccentrics and Other American Visionary Painters

Book by Abraham A. Davidson; E. P. Dutton, 1978

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Fantasy In Art, Painting, American, Painting, Modern--19th Century--United States, Romanticism In Art--United States, Surrealism--United States

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...and of a goblet stem and a tree trunk, Cole was the first American painter to use the device of the double image. He thus bridged the...Arcimboldo 1527- 1593 , and a number of twentieth-century painters, including Salvador Dali b. 1904 , Pavel Tchelitchew 1898...
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New Art in America: Fifty Painters of the 20th Century

Book by John I. H. Baur; New York Graphic Society, 1957

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Painters--United States, Painting, American

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...the European tradition and the American adventure. He travelled widely...he began were influenced by the American painter-mystic, Albert Pinkham Ryder...to send Hartley to Europe. The painter met Gertrude Stein and saw the...
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Pursuit of the Horizon: A Life of George Catlin, Painter & Recorder of the American Indian

Book by Loyd Haberly; The Macmillan Company, 1948

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Catlin, George--1796-1872

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PURSUIT OF THE HORIZON A LIFE OF GEORGE CATLIN PAINTER RECORDER OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN BY LOYD HABERLY NEW YORK THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1948
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Encyclopedia of Painting: Painters and Painting of the World from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day

Book by Bernard S. Myers; Crown Publishers, 1979

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Painters--Biography, Painting--Dictionaries

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...Henry 1868-1932 . American painter born in New...1775-1821 . French painter in oil, pastel and...Ma Yuan see CHINESE PAINTERS: SUNG DYNASTY . Mazo...Frank 1904-46 . American painter of Western...Period see JAPANESE PAINTERS: MEIJI PERIOD, 1868...1815-91 . French painter and illustrator. He...1914- . Contemporary American Neo-Romantic painter...

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Journal Articles on: american painter

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Fixing the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century

Journal article by M. Elizabeth Boone; American Jewish History, Vol. 90, 2002

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Books--Book reviews, Fixing the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...the World: Jewish American Painters in the Twentieth Century...question the received truths of American history and the nature of American art. Not surprisingly, the work of Jewish American artists has received its...by women, blacks, Native Americans, and homosexuals, among...
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Theresa Leininger-Miller. New Negro Artists in Paris: African American Painters and Sculptors in the City of Light, 1922-1934

Journal article by Amy Helene Kirschke; African American Review, Vol. 37, 2003

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New Negro Artists in Paris: African American Painters and Sculptors in the City of Light, 1922-1934 (Book)--Reviews

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...Paris: African American Painters and Sculptors in the City...and careers of six African American artists who spent time in...the development of African American art. After an introductory...earlier presence of African American artists in Paris in the nineteenth...contact with other African Americans, and only met Augusta Savage...
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The Double Vision of Clarence Major, Painter and Writer

Journal article by Lisa C. Roney; African American Review, Vol. 28, 1994

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African American artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Authors as artists--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Major, Clarence--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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...of Clarence Major, painter and writer by Lisa...fiction of African Americans, then it makes sense...writing of African Americans is "difficult, working...strong, rich African-American modes of vernacular...introduced now well-known painters such as Jacob Lawrence...beyond mentioning a few painters to parade a panoply...rivalries of writer vs. painter, street guy vs...artist, African-American vs. white American...
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Raymond Jonson and the Chicago Little Theatre, 1912-1917: the Influence of the Simple Stage Aesthetic on an American Modernist Painter

Journal article by Herbert R. Hartel; Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Vol. 104, 2011

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...Stage Aesthetic on an American Modernist Painter by...Jonson was always a painter first and foremost...hand experience of the American West even if he never...1930s about the modern American city. Dominated by...flat stage set of the painters canvas, even though...
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Robert Altman: after 35 Years, Still the "action Painter" of American Cinema

Journal article by John C. Tibbetts; Literature/Film Quarterly, Vol. 20, 1992

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College students, Learning, Motion picture festivals, Press conferences, Theaters & cinemas

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...35 Years, Still the "action Painter" of American Cinema by John C. Tibbetts...referred to himself as the "action painter" of American films. Controversies...make book and ask which of these painters at the time would sell paintings...

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Magazine Articles on: american painter

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James McNeill Whistler: Breaking All the Rules: This American Expatriate Excelled as a Painter, Printmaker, Etcher, Lithographer, and Gallery Designer-All the While Doing It His Way

Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 132, March 2004

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American painters--Biography, American painters--Criticism and interpretation, American painters--Influence, Landscape painting--Criticism and interpretation, Landscape painting--Exhibitions, Painters, American--Biography, Painters, American--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, American--Influence, Whistler, James McNeill--Criticism and interpretation, Whistler, James McNeill--Exhibitions, Whistler, James McNeill--Influence

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...Breaking All the Rules: This American Expatriate Excelled as a Painter, Printmaker, Etcher, Lithographer...and Black: Portrait of the Painters Mother," produced in 1871...the most recognized icons of American art. Ironically, Whistlers...bitter quarrel between the painter and his patron. Whistler...
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Jacob Lawrence: 'Greatest Living Black Painter

Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 47, September 1992

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African American artists--Interviews, Lawrence, Jacob--Interviews, Painters--Interviews

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...Jacob Lawrence: greatest living black painter. Art world and community groups celebrate...regarded as "the greatest living Black painter," is riding a wave of renewed interest...as expressionist, the 75-year-old painter says matter-of-factly. Then adds...
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His Time at Last: The Gay African-American Painter Beauford Delaney Spent His Most Productive Years in Paris. Now, More Than 50 Years Later, American Art Lovers Are Getting a Look

Magazine article by Anne Stockwell; The Advocate, February 1, 2005

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Painting (Art)--2005 AD, Painting (Art)--Exhibitions, Painting--2005 AD, Painting--Exhibitions

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...at Last: The Gay African-American Painter Beauford Delaney Spent His...the gay African-American painter Beauford Delaney (1901...famous brother of realist painter Joseph Delaney--or, in...six years researching the painters life. "Delaney was even...
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University of Kansas Doctoral Student Researches 'dean of African American Painters'

Magazine article; Black Issues in Higher Education, Vol. 21, September 23, 2004

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Douglas, Aaron, Higher education, Painting, Ragar, Cheryl, Student writing, University of Kansas, Visual artists

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...Student Researches dean of African American Painters LAWRENCE, KAN. A University of...known as "the dean of African-American painters" in the 1920s and 1930s...he was one of three African-American artists from Kansas honored by...
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What the Mind's Eye Sees: Action Painters Were Postwar Exemplars of American Individualism

Magazine article by Jason Edward Kaufman; American Scholar, Vol. 77, Spring 2008

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Modern painting--Criticism and interpretation, Modern painting--Exhibitions, Painting, Modern--Criticism and interpretation, Painting, Modern--Exhibitions

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...Sees: Action Painters Were Postwar Exemplars of American Individualism...Atlantic. Among the Americans are Jackson Pollock...work anew. Take American action painting...retrospect, the American action painters dream of inventing...

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Newspaper Articles on: american painter

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Painter Brings an American Perspective to Beauty of Wales; from Connecticut to Cardiff. the Brother of Monkees' Legend Peter Tork Tells Nathan Bevan about Growing Up with a Rock Star Brother and How Finding Love in Wales Helped Ignite His Life-Long Passion for Painting

Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), April 30, 2011

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Painters, Painters (Artists), Rock musicians, Tork, Peter

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Painter Brings an American Perspective to Beauty of Wales; from...quietly-spoken 58-year-old American lost in the oils and canvasses that...when Chris brings some of his classic American influence to the traditional Welsh...
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Chinese Painter's Landscapes Evoke American Southwest

Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), May 21, 2009

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Painters, Painters (Artists), Painting, Painting (Art)

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Chinese Painters Landscapes Evoke American Southwest. Byline: Bob Keefer The Register-Guard Chinese painter Her Xue-Sheng grew up in a part of...to be at first blush painted in the American Southwest. They show softly eroded...
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INDIAN ROMANCE; Painter George De Forest Brush's Academic View of Indigenous Tribes

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, September 14, 2008

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Native Americans, Painters, Painters (Artists), Painting, Painting (Art)

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INDIAN ROMANCE; Painter George De Forest Brushs...1880s painting scenes of American Indians. He journeyed...better known paintings of American Indians by artists such...refresh his contacts with American Indians. Brush traveled...
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Culture: American Honour for Artist Tift; Award-Winning Walsall Painter Andrew Tift Has Had Portraits of Two Distinguished Americans Acquired by the Smithsonian Institute, Writes Terry Grimley

Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), May 13, 2008

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Culture: American Honour for Artist Tift...Award-Winning Walsall Painter Andrew Tift Has Had...of Two Distinguished Americans Acquired by the Smithsonian...Washington DC for the American equivalent of the National...have gone to a major American collection." Cormac...including some of Native Americans. "A lot of them were...
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Philadelphia Painter and His 'Street Pop' Renditions of American Celebs

Newspaper article by Joseph Szadkowski; The Washington Times, April 27, 1997

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Philadelphia painter and his street pop renditions of American celebs by Joseph Szadkowski "Johnny Stango, Pop Artist...His talents have been applied to the images of such American icons as James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jordan...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: american painter

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Benton, Thomas Hart , American Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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BENTON, THOMAS HART , American painter 1889 1975, American regionalist painter, b. Neosho, Mo.; grandnephew...art gallery, and continued to paint. The best-known American muralist of the 1930s and early 40s, he executed murals...
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Trumbull, John , American Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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TRUMBULL, JOHN , American painter 1756 1843, American painter, b. Lebanon, Conn.; son of Gov. Jonathan Trumbull. He served in the Continental Army early in the Revolution as an aide to Washington. He resigned his commission in 1777 and...
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Weber, Max , American Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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WEBER, MAX , American painter maks web r, 1881 1961, American painter, b. Russia. At 10 he accompanied his family to Brooklyn, N.Y. He studied art at Pratt Institute and in 1905 went abroad. In Paris he studied under J. P. Laurens...
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Williams, William , American Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM , American painter c.1710 c.1790, American painter, b. England. He probably led a seafaring life before settling (c.1747) in Philadelphia, where he was Benjamin Wests first instructor in painting. He designed the...
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Copley, John Singleton , American Portrait Painter

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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COPLEY, JOHN SINGLETON , American portrait painter kop le, 1738 1815, American portrait painter, b. Boston. Copley is considered the greatest of the American old masters. He studied with his stepfather...

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