Painters and Paintings in the Early American South

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Call Number: 759.13 We
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Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia, Mar. 23, 2013-Sept. 7, 2014.
Exploring the New World -- Immigrants and early settlers -- Native people and the natural world -- A taste for art emerges -- An increase in successful artists -- Itinerancy becomes common -- Trained painters for discerning consumers -- Appendix A : Other known painters associated with the south between 1760 and 1791 -- Appendix B : Badger family tree -- Appendix C : Dering family tree.
"This beautifully illustrated volume presents the complex ways in which the lives of artists, clients, and sitters were interconnected in the early American South. During this period, paintings included not only portraits, but also seascapes, landscapes, and pictures made by explorers and naturalists. The first comprehensive study of this subject, Painters and Paintings in the Early American South draws upon materials including diaries, correspondence, and newspapers in order to explore the stylistic trends of the period and the lives of the sitters, as gentility spread from the wealthiest southerners to the middle class. Featuring works by John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, and Benjamin West, among many others, this important book examines the training and status of painters, the distinction between fine art and the mechanical arts, the popularity of portraiture, and the nature of clientele between 1540 and 1790, providing a new, critical understanding of the history of art in the American South."--Publisher's website.

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