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American modernism at mid-century : the work of Morris Davidson

Title
American modernism at mid-century : the work of Morris Davidson / edited by Kevin D. Murphy ; with contributions from Lucinda Rosenfeld, Margaret R. Laster and Melissa Renn.
Publication
  • [Nashville] : Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, [2017]
  • [Amherst] : University of Massachusetts Press
  • ©2017

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Additional Authors
  • Davidson, Morris, 1898-1979.
  • Murphy, Kevin D.
  • Rosenfeld, Lucinda
  • Laster, Margaret R.
  • Renn, Melissa
  • Vanderbilt University. Fine Arts Gallery, host institution
Description
152 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
This volume presents the first scholarly consideration of Morris Davidson (1898-1979), an influential painter and educator whose work has been neglected in the art history of mid-twentieth century American painting. Davidson studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, with painters in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and eventually in Paris. He became a leader in the cause of abstract painting through his teaching in New York City and Provincetown, his influential books, Understanding Modern Art (1931) and An Approach to Modern Painting (1948), and his own widely exhibited work. Two essays address Davidson's place in New York and in Provincetown, a memoir of his Cape Cod art school and studio captures his private world, and a catalog of twenty-five exemplary works illuminates his varied production.
Alternative Title
Work of Morris Davidson
Subjects
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • Published in conjunction with the exhibition "American Modernism at Mid-Century: The Work of Morris Davidson," at the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, April 28-September 17, 2017.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-150).
Call Number
JQF 17-1570
ISBN
  • 9781625342881
  • 1625342888
OCLC
987374404
Title
American modernism at mid-century : the work of Morris Davidson / edited by Kevin D. Murphy ; with contributions from Lucinda Rosenfeld, Margaret R. Laster and Melissa Renn.
Publisher
[Nashville] : Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, [2017]
Distributor
[Amherst] : University of Massachusetts Press
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-150).
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Davidson, Morris, 1898-1979. Paintings. Selections.
Murphy, Kevin D., editor.
Rosenfeld, Lucinda, contributor.
Laster, Margaret R., contributor.
Renn, Melissa, contributor.
Vanderbilt University. Fine Arts Gallery, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 17-1570
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