Awash in Color: American Watercolors in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [Paperback]

Sue Welsh Reed (Author), Carol Troyen (Author), Boston Museum of Fine Arts (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 2000

Many consider that America's most original contribution to art is the medium of watercolor, as no other country can boast of watercolorists of such inventiveness and brilliance as, among others, Sargent, Homer, LaFarge, Prendergast, Demuth, Marin, Burchfield, and Hopper. Awash in Color features the most beautiful watercolors in the impressive collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The authors survey the development of the medium and discuss each painting to provide, in aggregate, a history of American watercolors that has become the standard reference on the subject.
-- Unavailable since 1994, the paperback edition will bring this valuable collection back into print.
-- Many of America's favorite painters are included (fifty-eight artists), with special emphasis on Winslow Homer, Maurice Prendergast, and John Singer Sargent.
-- A beautiful art book, with unusually luxurious specifications, featuring superb color reproductions of 125 paintings, plus details.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Though John Singer Sargent described painting in watercolor as "making the best of an emergency," many consider works in this medium America's most original artistic contribution. This book, accompanying a major exhibition this summer at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, features 127 stunning examples, each reproduced in full color. Presenting watercolorists of such brilliance as Sargent and Homer, La Farge and Prendergast, Demuth and Marin, and Hopper and Burchfield, the book begins with a sparkling work by Benjamin West from the 1790s, surveys the development of the medium through the 19th and early 20th centuries, and concludes with Andrew Wyeth's images from the 1940s. Essays, research on paper conservation, and a glossary of technical terms complete the text. This beautiful presentation will remain a standard reference for years to come.
- Russell T. Clement, Brigham Young Univ. Lib., Provo, Utah
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Sue Welsh Reed and Carol Troyen both work as Curators at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Product Details

• Paperback: 348 pages
• Publisher: Bulfinch Press (April 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821226193
• ISBN-13: 978-0821226193
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 11 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #828,920 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful watercolor selections, October 24, 2000

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This review is from: Awash in Color: American Watercolors in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Paperback)

I don't currently own this book, but it's number one on my Christmas list! I have reached multiple renewal limits at the local library with this title. The large number of artists included in the book provide a variation in painting style as well as informative text regarding the artist and his/her work. The color plates have been well chosen to give the reader an appreciation for the masters of watercolor painting. I have returned again and again to Awash in Color as a reference for my own paintings.