Best Selling American Painters - April 2024

Painters and the American West: Volume 2 (American Museum of Western Art / the Anschultz Collection)

In 2010, the Anschutz Collection became the American Museum of Western Art―The Anschutz Collection, a public museum. Painters and the American West, Volume II is a companion and sequel to the award-winning Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection, published in 2000. The present volume includes the finest works featured in the earlier book, along with major recent acquisitions by Alfred Jacob Miller, Charles Deas, William Ranney, Emanuel Leutze, Thomas Eakins, Thomas Anshutz, Henry Farny, N. C. Wyeth, William Herbert “Buck” Dunton, Edward Hopper, and many others. In the fo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0988177404
• ASIN: 0988177404
• ISBN: 0988177404
• Manufacturer: American Museum of Western Art

Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present

Here is a magnificent account of a past rich in beauty and creativity, but also in tragedy and trauma. Eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter blends a vivid narrative based on the latest research with a wonderful array of artwork by African American artists, works which add a new depth to our understanding of black history. Painter offers a history written for a new generation of African Americans, stretching from life in Africa before slavery to today's hip-hop culture. The book describes the staggering number of Africans--over ten million--forcibly transported to the New World, most doomed to... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0195137566
• ASIN: 0195137566
• ISBN: 0195137566
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Jacob Lawrence: American Painter

Traces the life of Lawrence, shows selected works from his long career, and discusses the artist's technique and major themes

• ASIN: 0295963441
• ASIN: 0295963441
• ISBN: 0295963441
• Manufacturer: Univ of Washington Pr

Of Arms and Artists: The American Revolution through Painters' Eyes

A vibrant and original perspective on the American Revolution through the stories of the five great artists whose paintings animated the new American republic.The images accompanying the founding of the United States--of honored Founders, dramatic battle scenes, and seminal moments--gave visual shape to Revolutionary events and symbolized an entirely new concept of leadership and government. Since then they have endured as indispensable icons, serving as historical documents and timeless reminders of the nation's unprecedented beginnings. As Paul Staiti reveals in Of Arms and Artists, the live... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1632864657
• ASIN: 1632864657
• ISBN: 1632864657
• Brand: Bloomsbury Press
• Manufacturer: Bloomsbury Press

The American Painter Emma Dial: A Novel

• ASIN: B001VFTZ0Y
• ASIN: B001VFTZ0Y
• Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company

Painters and Paintings in the Early American South

This beautifully illustrated volume presents the complex ways in which the lives of artists, clients, and sitters were interconnected in the early American South. During this period, paintings included not only portraits, but also seascapes, landscapes, and pictures made by explorers and naturalists.The first comprehensive study of this subject, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South draws upon materials including diaries, correspondence, and newspapers in order to explore the stylistic trends of the period and the lives of the sitters, as gentility spread from the wealthiest south... [Read More]

• ASIN: 030019076X
• ASIN: 030019076X
• ISBN: 030019076X
• Brand: Brand: Yale University Press
• Manufacturer: Yale University Press

American Painters on Technique: 1860– - 1945

This is a comprehensive study of an important but largely anonymous part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters.

• ASIN: 1606061356
• ASIN: 1606061356
• ISBN: 9781606061350
• Manufacturer: J. Paul Getty Museum

Julius LeBlanc Stewart: American painter of the Belle Epoque

Exhibition catalogue on Julius Stewart, famous American 19th century expatriate painter working in Paris, with many B&w and color illustrations.

• ASIN: B0006FBNEQ
• ASIN: B0006FBNEQ
• Manufacturer: Vance Jordan Fine Art

The Unknown Night: The Madness and Genius of R. A. Blakelock, an American Painter

Recounts the tragic life of the celebrated American artist, from his Greenwich Village childhood and journeys among the Sioux and Uinta Indians, through his struggles with mental illness in turn-of-the-century New York, and the exploitation of his work by an unscrupulous philanthropist. 35,000 first printing.

• ASIN: 0802117341
• ASIN: 0802117341
• ISBN: 0802117341
• Manufacturer: Grove Pr

Independent Spirits: Women Painters of the American West, 1890-1945

Independent Spirits brings to vivid life the West as seen through the eyes of women painters from 1890 to the end of World War II. Expert scholars and curators identify long-lost talent and reveal how these women were formidable cultural innovators as well as agitators for the rights of artists and women during a period of extraordinary development.Abundantly illustrated, with over one-hundred color plates, this book is a rich compendium of Western art by women, including those of Native American, African, Mexican, and Asian descent. The essays examine the many economic, social, and political ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0520202031
• ASIN: 0520202031
• ISBN: 0520202031
• Manufacturer: University of California Press

The Lure of Paris: Nineteenth-Century American Painters and Their French Teachers (Literature)

For American artists of the 19th century, Paris offered famous teachers, willing models, cheap lodgings, and museums filled with art. The Lure of Paris is the first book to investigate so thoroughly the experiences of these American artists. Exhaustively researched and lavishly illustrated, this groundbreaking study will be requisite for collectors, scholars and everyone curious about America's cultural history.

• ASIN: 1558590188
• ASIN: 1558590188
• ISBN: 1558590188
• Brand: Brand: Abbeville Press
• Manufacturer: Abbeville Press

Great Masters of American Art (Great Masters of Art)

Celebrates the evolution of American art, from the eighteenth century to the present day, as it looks at the work of such luminaries as Charles Willson Peale, John James Audubon, Georgia O'Keeffe, George Catlin, Thomas Cole, Mary Cassatt, Andy Warhol, James A. M. Whistler, Frederic Edwin Church, Andrew Wyeth, and other great painters. Original.

• ASIN: 0823021157
• ASIN: 0823021157
• ISBN: 0823021157
• Brand: Brand: Watson-Guptill
• Manufacturer: Watson-Guptill

The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists

An illuminating look at how the Pre-Raphaelite movement was embraced by a group of vanguard American artists Bringing together insights from a distinguished group of scholars, this beautiful book analyzes the history and historiography of the American Pre-Raphaelites, and how the movement made its way from England to America. Led by Thomas Charles Farrer—an English expatriate and acolyte of the hugely influential English critic John Ruskin—the American Pre-Raphaelite artists followed Ruskin’s dictum to depict nature close up and with great fidelity. Many members of the group (including F... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0300242522
• ASIN: 0300242522
• ISBN: 0300242522
• Manufacturer: Yale University Press

Alive Still: Nell Blaine, American Painter

Among the women artists who came to prominence in the postwar era in New York, painter Nell Blaine had a uniquely hard-won career. In her mid-thirties, her horizons seemed limitless. Her shows received glowing reviews, ARTnews honored her with a lengthy feature article, and one of her paintings hung in the Whitney Museum. Then, on a trip to Greece, Blaine developed polio, rendering her a paraplegic. Angry at being told she would never paint again, she taught herself to hold a brush with her left hand and regained her skill. In Alive Still, author Cathy Curtis tells the story of Blaine's life a... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0190908815
• ASIN: 0190908815
• ISBN: 0190908815
• Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

Chicano Visions: American Painters on the Verge

Originating in the early seventies, Chicano art long remained unrecognised by the art and gallery world. This text features the work of 26 Chicano artists and marks the transition of this unique and exciting movement into the critical fold of contemporary art.

• ASIN: 0821228064
• UPC: 352020002268
• ASIN: 0821228064
• ISBN: 0821228064
• Manufacturer: Bulfinch

The Finnish Cookbook : Finland's best-selling cookbook adapted for American kitchens Includes recipes for sour rye bread, Bishop's pepper cookies, and Finnnish smorgasbord

Presents recipes for both simple dishes and gourmet specialties that reflect traditional as well as modern Finnish

• UPC: 419076

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker who lived in France She was considered an impressionists but is best known in America for her childrens illustrations Poster Print by Mar

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844 _ 1926) was an American painter and printmaker who lived in France. She was considered an impressionists but is best known in America for her children's illustrations. was reproduced on Premium

• UPC: 799792587
• Model: BLL0587175702
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18 x 24

Albert Bierstadt was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish sweeping landscapes of the American West To paint the scenes Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion P

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 _ February 18, 1902) was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the

• UPC: 646490603
• Model: BLL0587252197
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18 x 24

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker who lived in France She was considered an impressionists but is best known in America for her childrens illustrations Poster Print by Mar

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844 _ 1926) was an American painter and printmaker who lived in France. She was considered an impressionists but is best known in America for her children's illustrations. was reproduced on Premium

• UPC: 288246583
• Model: BLL0587194979LARGE
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 24 x 36

Albert Bierstadt was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish sweeping landscapes of the American West To paint the scenes Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion P

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 _ February 18, 1902) was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the

• UPC: 911241285
• Model: BLL0587252200LARGE
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 24 x 36

Albert Bierstadt was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish sweeping landscapes of the American West To paint the scenes Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion P

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 _ February 18, 1902) was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the

• UPC: 253936915
• Model: BLL0587252219LARGE
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 24 x 36

Albert Bierstadt was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish sweeping landscapes of the American West To paint the scenes Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion P

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 _ February 18, 1902) was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the

• UPC: 165885230
• Model: BLL0587252146
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18 x 24

Albert Bierstadt was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish sweeping landscapes of the American West To paint the scenes Bierstadt joined several journeys of the Westward Expansion P

Albert Bierstadt (January 7, 1830 _ February 18, 1902) was a German-born American painter best known for his lavish, sweeping landscapes of the American West. To paint the scenes, Bierstadt joined several journeys of the

• UPC: 541256452
• Model: BLL0587252138
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 18 x 24

Mary Stevenson Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker who lived in France She was considered an impressionists but is best known in America for her childrens illustrations Poster Print by Mar

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844 _ 1926) was an American painter and printmaker who lived in France. She was considered an impressionists but is best known in America for her children's illustrations. was reproduced on Premium

• UPC: 458197510
• Model: BLL0587164379LARGE
• Color: Multicolor
• Size: 24 x 36

The Czechoslovak Cookbook : Czechoslovakia's best-selling cookbook adapted for American kitchens. Includes recipes for authentic dishes like Goulash, Apple Strudel, and Pischinger Torte.

With over 500 authentic recipes, the Czechoslovak Cookbook is an excellent adaptation of a best-selling Czechoslovakian cookbook. The foods that are unique to this fascinating part of the world convey the essence of the finec

• UPC: 419081