Bibliograph

Made in the U.S.A., American art from the Phillips Collection 1850-1970, edited by Susan Behrends Frank ; with an essay by Eliza E. Rathbone

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Made in the U.S.A., American art from the Phillips Collection 1850-1970, edited by Susan Behrends Frank ; with an essay by Eliza E. Rathbone

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Made in the U.S.A.

Nature of contents

bibliographycatalogs

Oclc number

833147169

Responsibility statement

edited by Susan Behrends Frank ; with an essay by Eliza E. Rathbone

Sub title

American art from the Phillips Collection 1850-1970

Summary

American art has been essential to 'The Phillips Collection' since its founding by Duncan Phillips in 1921. Phillips acquired the work of living American artists when it was unpopular to do so and promoted diversity, as seen in works by self-taught artists, artists of colour, and naturalised Americans, resulting in a rich assembly of independent-minded artists. The Phillips Collection's superb collection of American art, acquired over half a century, is presented here for the first time in a comprehensive overview, featuring 160 works from heroes of the late 19th century - such as William Merritt Chase, Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer, who set the course for modern art in America - to abstract expressionists Willem de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, Adolph Gottlieb and Mark Rothko, whose efforts to create a new visual language following the Second World War brought a new global significance to American art

Table Of Contents

Director's foreword / Dorothy Kosinski -- From Ryder to Rothko, the quest for the best of American art : Duncan Phillips, visionary champion of American art / Susan Behrends Frank -- The Rothko Room at the Phillips Collection / Eliza E. Rathbone -- Featured works from the collection / thematic texts by Susan Behrends Frank. Realism and Romanticism ; Impressionism ; Forces in nature ; Nature and abstraction ; Exotic places ; Modern life ; The city ; Memory and identity ; Still life variations ; Legacy of Cubism ; Degrees of abstraction ; Abstract Expressionism -- Biographies of the artists / compiled by Susan Behrends Frank -- Selected chronology / compiled by Susan Behrends Frank -- Checklist of featured works from the collection

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