"The book also includes Homer's depictions of rural life and the sea, in which he grapples with the violence of nature, as well as his Civil War and Reconstruction paintings of the 1860s and 1870s, which explore the unresolved effects of the ..."
Private Passion, Public Promise(Illustrated) The James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Collection of American Art by SylviaYount, Alex Nyerges Hardcover, 96 Pages, Published 2010 by Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts ISBN-13: 978-0-917046-95-7, ISBN: 0-917046-95-1
""We have spent the last decade immersed in the world of American art, never suspecting early on that our desire to learn and appreciate this legacy could result in so meaningful a commitment to Virginia."--James W. McGlothlinPrivate Passion, Public Promise: The James W. and Frances G. McGlothlin Collection of American Art commemorates the McGlothlins' plan to bequeath their splendid collection of American art to the Virginia Museum of F ..."
"Maxfield Parrish, the prodigiously gifted, turn-of-the-20th-century illustrator famous for his limpid blue landscapes and dreamy pubescent models draped in gossamer threads, has rolled in and out of artistic favor for nearly a century. In 1964, critic Lawrence Alloway wrote about Parrish's odd place in the history of American art: "He was the most popular artist the country ever produced, with prints in a quarter of all American homes a ..."
"To date, no publication has represented the full scope of the American art collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. With the publication of "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts", readers will be captivated by in-depth, scholarly essays and images highlighting selected works by such outstanding artists as John James Audubon, Thomas Hart Benton, Mary Cassatt, Frederic Edwin Church, John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, ..."
"At the turn of the twentieth century, the celebrated American artist William Merritt Chase named Cecilia Beaux "not only the greatest living woman painter, but the best that has ever lived." While Beaux--unlike her contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt--has not fared well in modernist-driven art history, her work has become the subject of renewed interest on the part of art historians, collectors, and general viewers on bo ..."
Central to Their Lives Southern Women Artists in the Johnson Collection (Non Series) by Lynne Blackman, SylviaYount Hardcover, 336 Pages, Published 2018 by University Of South Carolina Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61117-954-5, ISBN: 1-61117-954-8
"Looking back at her lengthy career just four years before her death, modernist painter Nell Blaine said, "Art is central to my life. Not being able to make or see art would be a major deprivation." The Virginia native's creative path began early, and, during the course of her life, she overcame significant barriers in her quest to make and even see art, including serious vision problems, polio, and paralysis. And then there was her gend ..."
Maxfield Parrish(1st Edition) 1870-1966 by SylviaYount, Maxfield Parrish Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 1999 by Harry N Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-4367-4, ISBN: 0-8109-4367-0
"Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and other institutions, June 19,1999-August 6, 2000. An extensive look at the life and career of Maxfield Parrish, with an essay by Mark F. Bockrath on the physical construction of the artist's paintings and his unique techniques. "A reexamination of one of the most unique, compelling, and problematic figures in the history of American art." With 132 illustrati ..."
Brett Bigbee Recent Work by SylviaYount, Brett Bigbee Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 1999 by Tibor De Nagy Gallery ISBN-13: 978-1-891123-06-1, ISBN: 1-891123-06-8
"See Doreen Bolger, "The Education of the American Artist," in In This Academy:
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1805-1976 [Philadelphia: ..."
"James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) left the United States for Europe at the age of twenty-one, never to return, and his style developed independently of American art currents. Nonetheless, he left an indelible mark on the art of his native land, for his modernist aesthetic influenced the work of a generation of American painters. This beautifully illustrated book-published to commemorate the centenary of the artist's death-addresses Whi ..."
To Be Modern American Encounters with Cezanne and Company by SylviaYount Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 1996 by University Of Pennsylvania Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8122-3364-3, ISBN: 0-8122-3364-6
Maxfield Parrish(Updated) 1870-1966 by SylviaYount Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2003 by Harry N. Abrams ISBN-13: 978-0-8109-8229-1, ISBN: 0-8109-8229-3
"Maxfield Parrish, the prodigiously gifted, turn-of-the-20th-century illustrator famous for his limpid blue landscapes and dreamy pubescent models draped in gossamer threads, has rolled in and out of artistic favor for nearly a century. In 1964, critic Lawrence Alloway wrote about Parrish's odd place in the history of American art: "He was the most popular artist the country ever produced, with prints in a quarter of all American homes a ..."
"A midcareer figurative painter with a distinctive and haunting narrative vision, Bo Bartlett composes large-scale contemporary portraits and landscapes that combine the memories and impressions of his upbringing, his faith, his family, and his friends. Presenting iconic American subjects subtly underlined with open-ended questions, Bartlett implies that there is a chance for magic and wonder in everyday life. In paintings titled Old Glo ..."
Cecilia Beaux American Figure Painter by SylviaYount, Cecilia Beaux Hardcover, 195 Pages, Published 2007 by High Museum Of Art ISBN-13: 978-1-932543-14-8, ISBN: 1-932543-14-7
"American Impressionism was a movement deeply rooted in the American soil. Artists often spurned the cities, living and working in the numerous art colonies that sprang up throughout the country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One of the best known of these colonies formed in 1898 on the banks of the Delaware River north of Philadelphia, centered in the picturesque village of New Hope, Bucks County. Known as the Pen ..."
"A catalog of the 1995 Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, exhibition of works by Thomas Hovenden, with essays by the authors. Color and black and white illustrations."
"A fresh exploration of Native American art that positions the work within the broader context of North American art history This landmark publication presents Native American art within the broader context of American art history, through an examination of notable works from a major private collection. The insightful texts provide a new evaluation of the art, culture, and daily life of numerous North American tribes, including Acoma, Ap ..."
"This publication sets the precedent for the next generation of Lawrence scholars and studies in modern and contemporary discourse. The American Struggle explores Jacob Lawrence's radical way of transforming history into art by looking at his thirty panel series of paintings, Struggle . . . from the History of the American People (1954–56). Essays by Steven Locke, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Austen Barron Bailly, and Lydia Gordon mark the h ..."
"This publication sets the precedent for the next generation of Lawrence scholars and studies in modern and contemporary discourse. The American Struggle explores Jacob Lawrence's radical way of transforming history into art by looking at his thirty panel series of paintings, Struggle . . . from the History of the American People (1954–56). Essays by Steven Locke, Elizabeth Hutton Turner, Austen Barron Bailly, and Lydia Gordon mark the h ..."