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From Hopper to Rothko : America's road to modern art /

This collection of rarely seen masterpieces from The Phillips Collection traces the development of American art from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism. During the Gilded Age, American artists like Julian Alden Weir, John Henry Twachtman, Ernest Lawson, and others developed landscape paintings...

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Corporate Authors: Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany)
Group Author: Westheider, Ortrud (Editor); Philipp, Michael, 1962- (Editor); Frank, Susan Behrends (Contributor)
Published: Prestel,
Publisher Address: Munich :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: English trade edition.
Subjects:
Phillips, Duncan, > 1886-1966 > Art patronage > Exhibitions.
Phillips Collection > Exhibitions.
Painting, American > 19th century > Exhibitions.
Painting, American > 20th century > Exhibitions.
Modernism (Art) > United States > Exhibitions.
Summary: This collection of rarely seen masterpieces from The Phillips Collection traces the development of American art from Impressionism to Abstract Expressionism. During the Gilded Age, American artists like Julian Alden Weir, John Henry Twachtman, Ernest Lawson, and others developed landscape paintings which set the course for modern art in America. Revelations such as these are common within the pages of this book, which examines Duncan Phillips's interest in collecting and his promotion of living artists. Including essays by European and American experts, this publication of 68 works by 50 artists presents paintings by Maurice Prendergast, Arthur Dove, John Marin, Georgia O'Keeffe, Helen Frankenthaler, Robert Motherwell, Jackson Pollock, Charles Sheeler, Winslow Homer, Marsden Hartley, and Richard Diebenkorn. Together these magnificent works tell the tale of a nation and artistic expression growing in confidence and diversity. Exhibition: Museum Barberini, Potsdam, Germany (17.06.-03.10.2017).
Item Description: This catalog is published in conjunction with the exhibition From Hopper to Rothko: America's Road to Modern Art Museum Barberini, Potsdam, June 17 - October 3, 2017.
Carrier Form: 247 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 244-245).
ISBN: 9783791356938 (English trade edition) :
3791356933 (English trade edition)
9783791367910 (English museum edition)
3791367919 (English museum edition)
Index Number: ND210
CLC: J231(712)-28
J205.712-28
Call Number: J205.712-28/F931

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