The history of fine painting in West Virginia has long been overshadowed by the state's recognized excellence in the areas of folk arts. This beautiful, museum-quality book corrects that oversight, documenting the life and work of approximately 1,000 painters who worked in the state before about 1930. From the early small-town portraitists, to the scores of prominent landscapists who depicted the state's legendary beauty, to the West Virginia masters of the modernist movements, native and visiting artists have practiced every style of American art. This lavishly produced, oversized book features hundreds of full-color reproductions from museums and private collections around the world.
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"An impressive body of research, well-written and well-documented." -- Jessie Poesch, author of The Art of the Old South<br /><br />"This book will stimulate appreciation of American portraiture and landscape painting..." --William H. Gerdts, author of Art Across
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Early Art and Artists in West Virginia is copiously illustrated with 136 plates accompanying the essays on portraiture and landscape painting, which form the first half of the book. A similar number of smaller illustrations in full color bring life to a biographical directory in the second part of the book, which contains nearly one thousand known painters who worked in West Virginia. Many West Virginians will find their family names in this directory, and some will doubtless locate the information here that they have long sought in order to learn more about a painting in their family's possession. The book is supported by an extensive bibliography on the state's artistic heritage and a full index to both the directory and the essays.
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For a History of West Virginia Art This Can't Be Beat,
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Great book. I really enjoyed the high quality photos and the writing. Great coffee table piece for those interested in art and/or West Virginia.
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West Virginia has always been renowned for its wild and wonderful landscape and, consequently, for its predominantly rural nature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ornamental painter, advertised his trade, daguerrean artist, exhibited with the group, crayon artist, itinerant portrait painter, fifteen artists, advertised his services, art professionally, watercolor views, decorative painter, biographical directory, news illustrator, exhibition record, landscape painter, art educator, special artist, regional works, history painter, genre painter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Virginia, New York, Harpers Ferry, United States, National Academy of Design, Charles Town, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Jefferson County, White Sulphur Springs, Ohio River, Eastern Panhandle, David Hunter Strother, Sunrise Museums, Smithsonian's Inventory of American Paintings, Huntington Museum of Art, Kanawha Valley, Cheat River, Harper's Weekly, Kanawha River, Wheeling Intelligencer, Hawk's Nest, Shenandoah Valley, Bethany College, New Orleans, New Jersey New!
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West Virginia has always been renowned for its wild and wonderful landscape and, consequently, for its predominantly rural nature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ornamental painter, advertised his trade, daguerrean artist, exhibited with the group, crayon artist, itinerant portrait painter, fifteen artists, advertised his services, art professionally, watercolor views, decorative painter, biographical directory, news illustrator, exhibition record, landscape painter, art educator, special artist, regional works, history painter, genre painter Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
West Virginia, New York, Harpers Ferry, United States, National Academy of Design, Charles Town, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Jefferson County, White Sulphur Springs, Ohio River, Eastern Panhandle, David Hunter Strother, Sunrise Museums, Smithsonian's Inventory of American Paintings, Huntington Museum of Art, Kanawha Valley, Cheat River, Harper's Weekly, Kanawha River, Wheeling Intelligencer, Hawk's Nest, Shenandoah Valley, Bethany College, New Orleans, New Jersey New!
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- Art Across America: The Plains States and the West by William H. Gerdts in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Back Matter
- Historical Collections of Virginia: With an Added Index of Names by Henry Howe on page 193, Back Matter, and Index
- Notes on the State of Virginia (Penguin Classics) by Thomas Jefferson on page 136, and Index
- The Saturday Evening Post : Norman Rockwell Book by Norman Rockwell on page 109, and page 247
- Who Was Who: 1941-1950 by Wallace on page 159, and page 233
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- Lefevre James Cranstone: His Life and Art by Donald L. Smith on page 3, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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