American watercolors, 1880-1990: into the light

Media type: Book; Still Image; Exhibition Catalogue

Title: American watercolors, 1880-1990 : into the light

Contributor: Homann, Joachim [VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text]; Stewart, Miriam [VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text]; Ballard, Horace D. [VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text]; Germán, Elisa [VerfasserIn von ergänzendem Text]; Grasselli, Margaret Morgan [HerausgeberIn]

imprint: Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Art Museums, [2023]

Extent: 183 Seiten; Illustrationen; 28 x 25 cm

Language: English

ISBN: 9780300269703; 0300269706

RVK notation: LO 96680 : Kolonialzeit und 19. Jahrhundert
LO 96690 : Allgemein

Keywords: USA > Aquarell > Geschichte 1880-1990

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Footnote: Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same title, held at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, May 20-August 13, 2023
Seite [184]: This book accompanies the exhibition "American Watercolors, 1880-1990": Into the Light", on view at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from May 20 through August 13, 2023
Includes bibliographical references

Description: "Watercolor holds a special place in the history of American art. For generations of artists, the medium has provided a space for innovation and experimentation, allowing practitioners to let their imagination loose and to reflect on process and perception. Its rise to the status of fine art in the decades following the Civil War is well documented, yet its continued role as a testing ground and means of generating new ideas throughout the twentieth century has received comparatively less attention.This volume considers continuity and change in the American watercolor tradition over a century of production through the lens of the Harvard Art Museums' collection. Works by well-known watercolorists such as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler are included, as well as surprising additions from Zelda Fitzgerald, Alexander Calder, Claes Oldenburg, and many others. In the spirit of the medium, the authors take a fluid and open-ended approach to the topic, offering both personal and scholarly reflections that invite readers to ponder the influence of these works on their own experience of the world. In addition to contextual essays, there are close readings of singular works and examinations of the unique material characteristics of the watercolor medium."--Distributor's website

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