THE AMERICAN SCENE
AMERICAN PAINTING OF THE 1930s
Matthew Baigell
[WPA Art] Matthew Baigell: THE AMERICAN SCENE: AMERICAN PAINTING OF THE 1930s. NYC: Praeger, 1974 (American Art & Artists series). First Edition. A near-fine hardcover book in a near-fine dust jacket: very light wear overall. Interior unmarked and very clean. Out-of-print. A very useful reference volume. 10.25 x 11 hardcover book with 214 pages and 24 finely-printed full-page colorplates, 140 b/w illustrations; Notes; Bibliography; Index. Excellent survey of the American Art scene during the depression years, with extensive coverage of the Federal Art Project (FAP) and the public Works of Art Project (PWAP) including many public murals executed during the depression years on public buildings across the country. An extraordinarily useful reference volume; highly recommended.
"Considers the relationship between the social circumstances of the Depression Era, the Federal art programs, and the art produced by the regionalists and social realists. Devotes a separate chapter to each of the following artists: Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, John Steuart Curry, Reginald Marsh, Stuart Davis, and Ben Shahn." Karpel J30.
Contents:
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PART ONE: THE AMERICAN SCENE
- the american wave
- the government projects
- regionalism and social realism
- the end of the 1930s PART TWO: THE ARTISTS
- Thomas Hart Benton
- Grant Wood
- John Steuart Curry
- Reginald Marsh
- Stuart Davis
- Ben Shahn PART THREE: PAINTING AMERICA
- notes
- bibliography
- index
An examination of 'American Scene' genre painting of the Depression era, with in-depth evaluation of the responses of major artists Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry, Reginald Marsh, Stuart Davis and Ben Shahn.
Also includes work by other artists including John Atherton, Darrell Austin, George Biddle, Arnold Blanch, Peter Blume, Aaron Bohrod, Cameron Booth, Louis Bunce, jacob Burke, Jerry Bywaters, Clarence Carter, Nicolia Ckiovsky, Marvin Cone, Jon Corbino, Lamar Dodd, Adolf Dohn, Philip Evergood, David Fredenthal, Selma Frreeman, Harry Gottlieb, Morris Graves, William Gropper, Philip Guston, Charles Hawthorne, Joseph Hirsch, Alexandre hogue, Peter Hurd, Joe Jones, Morris Kantor, Edward Lanning, Tom Lea, Doris Lee, Jack Levine, Russel Limbach, Kindred Mcleary, Fletcher martin, George Morris, Archibald Motley, Dale Nichols, Charles Wilson Peale, George Picken, Paul Sample, Zoltan Sepeshy, Mitchell Siporin, Isaac Soyer, Moses soyer, Raphael Soyer, James Turnbull, Max Weber, and many others.
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