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Kentucky : the master painters from the frontier era to the Great Depression

Title
Kentucky : the master painters from the frontier era to the Great Depression / Estill Curtis Pennington.
Author
Pennington, Estill Curtis.
Publication
[Paris, Ky.] : Cane Ridge Publishing House, 2008.

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ix, 240 pages : color illustrations; 30 cm
Summary
"In the twenty-five years since The Kentucky Painter from the Frontier Era to the Great War opened at the University of Kentucky Art Museum, interest in the topic has steadily increased. This volume is a survey of the major painters of note, organized by chronological and thematic topics. Viewers will recognize some of the familiar names here, especially Matthew Harris Jouett and Paul Sawyier. But they may be surprised by the work of little-known but accomplished artists whose work merits serious consideration as part of the astonishingly vibrant artistic tradition in Kentucky. For a place of fairly recent frontier origins, a small populace, and extremely disparate regions, the Commonwealth has certainly had - and continues to have - its fair share of proficient artists. The artists presented here were not "regional" painters working in isolation. Many were quite well-trained. This book celebrates their achievements even as it seeks to nurture an ongoing interest in Kentucky's art history."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-217) and index.
Contents
Introduction / David F. Burg -- Kentucky art history: memory, method & message -- 1800-1830: Early artists of legend and note -- 1840-1875: The romance of "Old Kentucky" -- 1875-1900: International introductions -- 1900-1920: Kentucky impressions -- 1914-1930: Lingering strains, conflicting points of view.
ISBN
  • 9780615242156
  • 0615242154
LCCN
40016570437
OCLC
  • 294886428
  • ocn294886428
  • SCSB-5465309
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Columbia University Libraries