painting, american

Presents color reproductions of more than ninety works by New York artist Chuck Close, and includes essays on Close and his techniques, an interview with the artist, a chronology, a bibliography, and an exhibition history.

A collection of American art, each painting is accompanied by a documented commentary by one of seventy-two authorities.

Surveys the life of African-American artist William H. Johnson as his young niece might have told it. The artist's paintings provide the illustrations.

Presents the life of the twentieth-century American painter who drew much of her artistic inspiration from nature.

Provides biographical profiles of major artists representative of the abstract expressionist movement which took place in the U.S. in the 1940s and 1950s, each with discussion of the individual's youth, inspiration, and lasting influence; and includes a brief overview of abstract expressionism, a time line, and a glossary.

Reproduces eighty paintings by popular twentieth-century American artist Norman Rockwell, and contains essays that offer various perspectives on his life and work.

Presents the life and work of Mary Cassatt, the only American artist included with the French Impressionists.

Discusses the life, works, and lasting influence of Mary Cassatt.

An introduction to the life and work of the twentieth-century American painter known as Grandma Moses.