American art : collecting and connoisseurship / general editor Stephen M. Sessler ; foreword by Elizabeth Broun.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sessler, Stephen M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art--Collectors and collecting--United States.

Art.

Art--Collectors and collecting.

United States.

Physical Description:

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Merrell Publishers, 2020.

Summary:

For the serious collector and connoisseur of American art of the 19th and 20th centuries, this illuminating series of essays will be invaluable. Twenty-eight chapters, each written by an acknowledged expert in their field, offer thought-provoking examinations of a wide variety of topics. The book is divided into three sections. Part I, "The Historical Overview", explores subjects ranging from the Hudson River School to the art of the American West, American artists in Europe, American Impressionism, modernism, African American art, and the major artists John Sloan, Everett Shinn, Marsden Hartley, Stuart Davis, Arshile Gorky, John Graham, Willem de Kooning and Guy Pène du Bois. Part II deals with "Connoisseurship and the Collector", and covers such topics as developing an instinct for quality; dealing in fine art; conservation; choosing wisely in making a collection; researching paintings you may be considering acquiring; the role of qualified art advisers; the anatomy of an auction; and legal issues when buying and selling art. Featured in these discussions are prominent collectors who have contributed so greatly to the American art scene over many years. Part III is devoted to "Changes in the Art Market". Here the authors consider, among other subject matter, ways of connecting historical American art and the modern world; why galleries matter; and shifting tastes in American art.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: I. THE HISTORICAL OVERVIEW

The Hudson River School: The Genesis of a Uniquely American Art / Louis M. Salerno

Where is the West in American Art? / Seth Hopkins

Sojourns and Salons American Artists in Europe, from the Grand Tour to Giverny / Graham C. Boettcher

American Impressionism and the Discourse of Connoisseurship / Lisa N. Peters

Last of The Eight John Sloan and Everett Shinn as Living History / Heather Campbell Coyle

John Marin and the Emergence of American Modernism / Meredith Ward

Marsden Hartley at Auction / Elizabeth Broun

Modern Appearances / Jane Bianco

Stuart Davis

-Variations in Black and White / Priscilla Vail Caldwell

The Four Musketeers of American Modernism / Karen Wilkin

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and Guy Pene du Bois "A True History of Eight West Eighth" / Betsy Fahlman

The African American Aspect of American Art / Amalia K. Amaki

II. CONNOISSEURSHIP AND THE COLLECTO!

Embracing the Third Dimension Some Guidelines on Collecting One Hundred Years of Figurative American Sculpture, 1840

1940 / Joel Rosenkranz

American Period Frame Connoisseurship in the Twenty-First Century / Simeon Lagodich

Connoisseurship and Quality in American Art / Eric Widing

Confessions of an Art Collector Turned Dealer / Richard Rossello

The Painting Conservator and Connoisseurship in American Art / Joyce Hill Stoner

Meditations on Art Collecting The Wise Choice of Many Alternatives / Carol Strone

You have Nothing to Fear Collecting American Artworks on Paper / Betty Krulik

A Collector's Guide to Researching Paintings / Inge Reist

Art Advisors / Barbara Guggenheim

The Anatomy of an Auction / Liz Sterling

Buying Art Knowing the Law and Using Common Sense / Jo Backer Laird

Legal Issues for the Collector Selling Art / Charles Danziger

III. CHANGES IN THE ART MARKET

Made in America A Critical Revisionism to Revive the Canon / Tiffany Elena Washington

Ways of Re-Seeing Connecting Historical American Art and the Modern World / Lauren Palmor

Past, Present, and Future Why Galleries Matter / Dorsey Waxter

Shifting Tastes in American Art / Debra J. Force.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1858946824

9781858946825

OCLC:

1108918712