American moderns on paper : masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art / edited by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser ; with essays and entries by Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser, Erin Monroe, and Carol Troyen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kornhauser, Elizabeth Mankin, 1950-

Monroe, Erin.

Troyen, Carol.

Amon Carter Museum of Western Art.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.

Portland Museum of Art.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art.

Modernism (Art)--United States--Exhibitions.

Modernism (Art).

Art.

United States.

Art, American--20th century--Exhibitions.

Art, American.

Art--Connecticut--Hartford--Exhbitions.

Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art--Exhibitions.

Connecticut--Hartford.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

vii, 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Place of Publication:

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press : Hartford, Conn. : In association with the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, [2010]

Summary:

"American Moderns on Paper" presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolors, pastels, and drawings by leading American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. Works by Sloan, O'Keeffe, Hopper, Marin, Dali, and Wyeth, among many others, serve as notable examples of the various styles and subjects pursued by artists in America from 1910 to 1960. The catalogue entries are accompanied by artist biographies. Organized chronologically, and generously illustrated throughout, the catalogue is introduced by two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper, rather than canvas. Providing a rich history of the collection, the volume illuminates not only its historic roots, but also the concurrent national evolution of interest in watercolor and drawings.

Contents:

Galvanizing Hartford : the history of the American modern watercolors and drawings collection and its patrons / Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser

Modernism and antimodernism : works on paper in the age of Austin / Carol Troyen

Progressive and avant-garde artists

Regionalism, social realism, and American visions

Surrealism and neo-romanticism

Postwar abstraction and the resurgence of realism.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., Feb. 27-May 30, 2010; the Portland Museum of Art, Maine, June 22-Sept. 12, 2010; and the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, Conn., Oct. 2, 2010-Jan. 2, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (page 202) and index.

ISBN:

9780300151664

0300151667

9780918333254

0918333253

OCLC:

421949794