On the occassion of the exhibition For America: Paintings from the National Academy of Design, organized by the American Federation for the Arts for the National Academy of Design. Includes bibliographical references (pages 280-295) and index.
Contents:
Tom Burckhardt on Peter Saul -- Jeremiah William McCarthy with Pavla Berghen-Wolf. A first teacher and the resonance of miniature paintings : Samuel F. B. Morse / Susan Rather -- A nation on display : Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Edwin Church, and Asher B. Durand / Elizabeth A. Spear -- Stephen Westfall on John Frederick Kensett -- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith on Albert Bierstadt -- Awakened dream : Images of reading and beholding in the work of Daniel Huntington and his contemporaries / Kenneth Haltman -- Anthony Panzera on George Inness -- Artistic friendship in the gilded age : William Marritt Chase, Thomas Eakins, and Henry Ossawa Tanner / Akela Reason -- Robert Kushner on Cecilia Beaux -- David Humphrey on William J. Whittemore -- Illustration beside painting : Kenyon Cox and Maxfield Parrish / Jennifer A. Greenhill -- John Moore on Maxfield Parrish -- Place and painting on Monhegan Island : George Bellows, Robert Henri, and Reuben Tam / Kimia Shahi -- Leslie Wayne on Ernest L. Blumenschein -- Past and present in the 1920s : Ellen Emmet Rand / Jonathan Frederick Walz -- Judith Shea on Ellen Emmet Rand -- Glenn Goldberg on Peter Hurd -- Beyond the surface : Hughie Lee-Smith / AlonaCooper Wilson -- Self-portraiture in a time of outrage : Jane Freilicher / Alexander Nemerov -- Barbara Grossman on Gretna Campbell -- The subject is politics : Benny Andrews and May Stevens / Patricia Hills -- Fred Wilson on Benny Andrews -- Walter Chatham on Richard Estes -- To paint a figure / Jeremiah William McCarthy -- Catherine Opie on George Henry Hall -- Alexi Worth on Philip Pearlstein -- Four Americans : David Diao, Louisa MatthiasdoĢttir, Peter Saul, and Jaune Quick-to-See Smith / Jarrett Earnest -- Joyce Kozloff on Jaune Quick-to-See Smith -- Mira Schor on David Diao -- Tom Burckhardt on Peter Saul -- Catalogue and selected bibliography / Jeremiah William McCarthy with Pavla Berghen-Wolf.
Summary:
This stunning book provides an unprecedented glimpse into the past two centuries of American art, tracing artistic tradition and innovation at the National Academy of Design from its 19th-century founding to the present. The nation's oldest artist honorary society has maintained a unique collecting principle: each member gives a self-portrait (or, until 1994, a portrait by a contemporary Academician) as well as an example of their work. By presenting artists' portraits in tandem with their self-selected representative works, this book offers a unique opportunity to explore how American artists have viewed both themselves and the worlds they depicted. The diverse selection of artists whose work is showcased here includes Frederic Edwin Church, Eastman Johnson, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, Isabel Bishop, Andrew Wyeth, Charles White, Wayne Thiebaud, Louisa Matthiasdottir, David Diao, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, and Peter Saul. Essays by a stellar roster of distinguished historians and art historians, curators, artists, and architects delve into single artworks or pairs of paintings, while others explore themes such the representation of landscapes and the figurative tradition in American art. Additionally, 17 current Academicians-visual artists and architects including Walter Chatham, Catherine Opie and Fred Wilson-contribute personal responses to individual artworks.00Exhibition: Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH (20.02.-02.06.2019); New Britain Museum of American Art, CT0(07.11.2019-02.02.2020; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (22.02-26.04.2020); The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, TN (02.07-27.09.2020); New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe (22.10.2020-17.01.2021); Figge Art Museum, Davenport, IA (20.02.2020-09.05.2021); Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA (06.06.-12.09.2021).
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.