Bessie Pease Gutmann: Over Fifty Years of Published Art [Import] [Paperback]

Karen Choppa (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing; 2Rev Ed edition (January 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764310046
• ISBN-13: 978-0764310041
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,494,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Gutmann Images but...., December 4, 1998

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[e-mail] (J. deSivad) (Ohio, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bessie Pease Gutmann: Over Fifty Years of Published Art (Hardcover)

This work, credited to Karen Choppa, makes for a nice appendix to Dr. Victor J. Christie's biography of Mrs. Gutmann titled, "Bessie Pease Gutmann - Her Life and Works." Although many of the unique works illustrating this book are quite alluring and an absolute treat to the Gutmann enthusiast, very little new information is shed within its text. In fact, the author straddles the bounds of plagiarism in repeating much of Dr. Christie's text without ever giving him the least bit of credit. As for the image context itself, there seems to be no rhyme nor reason to its order of presentation, as though the emphasis was placed on meeting a deadline as opposed to presenting an arrangement based on theme or events. As a supplement to Dr. Christie's original biography, this work is a must for the Gutmann collector if only for the images themselves. As a source of unique information on one of America's foremost illustrators of the first half of this century, it is a sad disappointment.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book, August 28, 1999

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This review is from: Bessie Pease Gutmann: Over Fifty Years of Published Art (Hardcover)

I have enjoyed this book very much. Mrs Gutmann was a master of capturing the beauty and charm or her subjects. Everytime I go through it I learn more.

5.0 out of 5 stars Love BPG, November 4, 2008

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Penny J. Hansen "Music Matriarch" (Valencia, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bessie Pease Gutmann: Over Fifty Years of Published Art (Schiffer Book for Collectors) (Paperback)

You will love this book. The pictures are so endearing and take you back a few years. It is wonderful to see how talented she was. The art work would be very inspiring if you have any budding artists in your clan. I bought this for my darling Hannah who loves to draw.