Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900: A Biographical Dictionary [Hardcover]

Mary Sayre Haverstock (Author), Jeannette Mahoney Vance (Author), Brian L. Meggitt (Author), Jeffrey Weidman (Author), Oberlin College Library (Corporate Author)

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Publication Date: April 2000 | ISBN-10: 0873386167 | ISBN-13: 978-0873386166 | Edition: 3-volume ed

This comprehensive new three-volume guide to the early art and artists of Ohio is a compendium of hard-to-find information. The result of more than twelve years of research in community archives, newspapers, business directories, census returns, genealogical records, and manuscripts, Artists in Ohio, 1787-1900 is the most ambitious and complete attempt ever made to document the state's artistic origins and growth. The authors have uncovered and remedied innumerable gaps and erros in standard reference works. They have also brought to light new information about thousands of forgotten men and women, once well-known in their communities, who achieved success in either the fine arts or the decorative and "practical" arts of photography, ornamental penmanship, tombstone carving, china painting, illustrating, cartooning, and the execution of panoramas and theatrical scenery.

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• Hardcover: 1066 pages
• Publisher: Kent State Univ Pr; 3-volume ed edition (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873386167
• ISBN-13: 978-0873386166
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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An outstanding work of scholarship that will serve countless generations of researchers. A comprehensive and all-inculsive work of scholarship using the highest standards. Invaluable to anyone researching Ohio Artists and 19th century cultural and social history. Recommended highly for artistic, academic, cultural and historical libraries.