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Whistler to Cassatt : American painters in France

Title
Whistler to Cassatt : American painters in France / edited by Timothy J. Standring.
Publication
  • New Haven : Denver Art Museum in association with Yale University Press, [2021]
  • ©2021

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Additional Authors
  • Standring, Timothy J., 1950-
  • Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, host institution.
  • Denver Art Museum, host institution.
Description
vii, 245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 29 x 27 cm
Summary
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, American artists flocked to France in search of instruction, critical acclaim, and patronage. Some, including James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, and Mary Cassatt, became highly regarded in the French press, advancing their careers on both sides of the Atlantic. Others, notably William Merritt Chase, John Twachtman, Childe Hassam, and Thomas Wilmer Dewing, part of the association known as The Ten, found success working in the style of the French Impressionists, while Henry Ossawa Tanner, Cecilia Beaux, and Elizabeth Jane Gardner focused on genre and history subjects. This richly illustrated volume offers a sophisticated examination of cultural and aesthetic exchange as it highlights many figures, including artists of color and women, who were left out of previous histories. Celebrated scholars from both American and French institutions detail the complex history and diverse styles of these expatriate artists, styles ranging from conservative academic modes to Tonalism, and provide original perspectives on this fertile period of creativity, expanding our understanding of what constitutes American art. Exhibition: Denver Art Museum, USA (14.11.2021-13.03.2022) / Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, USA (16.04.-31.07.2022).
Alternative Title
American painters in France
Subject
  • 1800-1999
  • Painting, American > France > 19th century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, American > France > 20th century > Exhibitions
  • Painting, American
  • ART / General
  • France
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index.
Exhibitions (note)
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Denver Art Museum, November 14, 2021-March 13, 2022 and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 16- July 31, 2022.
Contents
Directors' foreword / Christoph Heinrich and Alex Nyerges -- Facture in Paris / Timothy J. Standring -- The training of nineteenth-century American painters at the École des Beaux-Arts / Emmanuelle Brugerolles -- James McNeill Whistler: A conduit between France and America / Suzanne Singletary -- Why Paris became the center of American art in the gilded age / Randall C. Griffin -- A portrait of the artist as a young woman: The Franco-American experience, 1871-1914 / Susan J. Rawles -- "The Great Annual Exhibition": American painters and American impressionism at the Paris salon / Benjamin W. Colman -- Checklist -- Essay notes -- Selected readings -- Curators' acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Index -- Image credits.
Call Number
JQF 22-338
ISBN
  • 9780300254457
  • 0300254458
OCLC
1245473858
Title
Whistler to Cassatt : American painters in France / edited by Timothy J. Standring.
Publisher
New Haven : Denver Art Museum in association with Yale University Press, [2021]
Copyright Date
©2021
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-229) and index.
Exhibitions
Published on the occasion of the exhibition at Denver Art Museum, November 14, 2021-March 13, 2022 and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, April 16- July 31, 2022.
Chronological Term
1800-1999
Added Author
Standring, Timothy J., 1950- editor.
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, host institution.
Denver Art Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
JQF 22-338
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