american painting

Presents reproductions of the work of over thirty Chicano artists held in the collection of actor/comedian Cheech Marin, and includes essays that explore the origins of Chicano art.

Presents key ideas on the nature of American art of the nineteenth century, synthesizing its art and literature.

Examines the life and work of the American realist painter, describing and giving examples of his art.

An illustrated interpretation of the career of artist John Singer Sargent, examining the relationship between the surface appearance of his paintings and their psychological depth.

A history of postwar American painting, focusing on the life and career of Jackson Pollock, and tracing his influence through the late twentieth-century.

Catalog of an exhibition. Examines a series of color prints by the artist.

Presents more than fifty annotated plates of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American artist Mary Cassatt's paintings, pastels, and prints--commenting on the pieces' history and context--along with biographical text.

Explores the artwork and chronicles the life of painter Anna Mary Robertson Moses, better known as Grandma Moses, discussing her subject matter and presenting approximately seventy of her works.