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bringing to your attention professional & obscure artists, their works and their museums,
and interesting genres & styles . . .
American Artists, A to Z
A thru F G thru M N thru S T thru Z
American Masters gallery at AllPosters.com
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American Artists, A to Z
Thomas Kinkade is a no-talent hack, and these American artists are so much better.
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minimalist sculptor Carl Andre° °
photo realist John Baeder
posters browse books
official website
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John Baldessari of California
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Michael Bedard of Los Angeles, California
official website {defunct?}
official art sales site
IMDb listing
Wikipedia {empty}
won Emmy Award for his made-for-TV movie "The Santa Claus Brothers" [2001] /tt0307410/
"Sitting Ducks" TV series [2001-2003] /tt0368543/
the other Michael Bedard of Utah
L.D.S. art website
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Thomas Hart Benton [1889-1975]
posters
art book
browse books Wikipedia
namesake & great-uncle Sen. Thomas Hart Benton [1782-1858] of Arkansas
"Thomas Hart Benton: A Film by Ken Burns" [1988]
documentary film directed by Ken Burns /tt0272887/
http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Burns-America-Thomas-Benton/dp/B000BITUJI/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630404870X/
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Thomas Hart Benton & George Caleb Bingham [6:48]
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Albert Bierstadt [1830-1902]
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Albert Bierstadt & Richard Diebenkorn [7:10]
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mega-sculptor Gutzon Borglum [1867-1941]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutzon_Borglum
Mount Rushmore in South Dakota
massive carving of four U.S. Presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt & Abe Lincoln
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Rushmore_National_Memorial
Stone Mountain near Atlanta, Georgia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Mountain
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painter Eric Bowman of Tigard, Oregon
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painter G. Russell Case of Utah
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impressionist Mary Cassatt [1844-1926]
posters
browse books
Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Mary Cassat & John Singer Sargent [5:28]
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Wm. Merritt Chase [1849-1916]: posters Wikipedia
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Stan Cline: official site
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Bill Cramer of Arizona: official site
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Willem de Kooning [1904-97]
posters
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Richard Diebenkorn [1922-93]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Albert Bierstadt & Richard Diebenkorn [7:10]
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Douglas R. Diehl of Arizona: official site
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Maynard Dixon [1875-1946] Art Page
 | "Maynard Dixon: Art & Spirit" docufilm [indep 2007]
Screened at the Pasadena Museum of California Art 5/2007 and at Santa Fe, NM 9/2008; co-produced, co-written & directed by Jayne McKay; co-written by Daniel Dixon; narrated by Diane Keaton; voice-over by Don Edwards; music by John McEuen Cloud World widescreen color DVD-R [2008] for $25.99 via Amazon full credits at IMDb official movie site |
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Thomas Eakins [1844-1916]
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Thomas Eakins: John Biglin In A Single Scull, c. 1873 [4:50]
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Eyvind Earle [1913-2000]
browse books
Artcyclopedia
credits at IMDb
Wikipedia
 | "The Complete Graphics of Eyvind Earle and Selected Poems, Drawings & Writings, 1940-1990" [1993]
Books Nippan 13x10¼ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used "The Complete Graphics of Eyvind Earle and Selected Poems, Drawings & Writings, 1991-2000" [2001] 1st Impression Publng 15½x11¾ hardcover [10/2001] for $94.50 |
 | "Horizon Bound On A Bicycle: The Autobiography of Eyvind Earle" [1991] self-published 10x8½ hardcover [4/91] out of print/used |
pin-up artist Gil Elvgren [1914-80]
browse books Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
http://happyjolly.com/elvgren/elvgren.htm
The Elvgren Collection, Pin-Up Poster Book /0963520253/
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Elvgren-Reid-Stewart-Austin/dp/1561401617/
http://www.amazon.com/Elvgren-Life-Max-Allan-Collins/dp/1888054050/
Gil Elvgren: All His Glamorous American Pin-Ups (2008) ISBN 978-3-8228-2930-1
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poster artist Shepard Fairey
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illustrator James Montgomery Flagg [1877-1960]
'Uncle Sam wants you' & other posters
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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cover artist Frank Frazetta [1928-2010]
http://www.amazon.com/Legacy-Paintings-Drawings-Frank-Frazetta/dp/1599290189/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta
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graphic artist & childrens book author Don Freeman [1908-78]
http://www.donfreeman.info/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Freeman
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painter David C. Gallup of California° °
Charles Dana Gibson {the 'Gibson Girls'} [1867-1944]
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Leon Golub [1922-2004]
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
his wife Nancy Spero [1926-2009]
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Painter-Darkness-Leon-Golub-Times/dp/0670819794/
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R.C. Gorman [1931-2005]
gallery
posters browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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D.J. Hall
2008 exhibit at Palm Springs Art Museum
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impressionist Childe Hassam [1859-1935]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Childe Hassam: Allies Day, May 1917 [6:22]
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Winslow Homer [1836-1919]
posters browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Augustus Saint-Gauden & Winslow Homer [6:32]
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Edward Hopper [1882-1967] Art Page
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painter Timothy Horn of Fairfax, CA
Horn Design official site
Wm. Lester Gallery in California
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watercolorist Peter Hurd [1904-84]
of San Patricio, New Mexico
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painter Wilson Hurley
official site
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realist painter Walt Johnston of Albuquerque, NM
official website
art prints at AllPosters.com
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Raymond Jonson [1891-1982]: Artcyclopedia
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Frida Kahlo [1907-54] Art Page
Frida Kahlo was married to muralist Diego Rivera
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Rockwell Kent [1882-1971]
all books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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sculptor Ed Kienholz [1927-94]
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watercolorist Dong Kingman [1911-2000]
http://www.dongkingman.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dong_Kingman
"Dong Kingman: An American Master" [2000] by Monte James ISBN 0-9658333-0-5
"The World of Dong Kingman" [1953 short] /nm0455449/
directed by James Wong Howe
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painters Kerry Kinman & Linda Lee of Dexter, Oregon
official website
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painter John Koch [1909-78] of New York City
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/koch_john.html
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/2aa/2aa615.htm
http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa95.htm
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illustrator J.C. Leyendecker [1874-1951]
posters BP's bio page
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
 | "J.C. Leyendecker" biography [2008]
by Laurence S. Cutler & Judy Goffman Cutler {co-founders of the National Museum of American Illustration} Abrams 11x9¾ hardcover [11/2008] for $31.50 |
 | "J.C. Leyendecker: The Great American Illustrator" [indep 2000]
45-minute documentary produced & directed by Amy Stone; narrated by Ossie Davis Kultur Video color DVD [9/2002] for $17.99 credits at IMDb |
Roy Lichtenstein [1923-97]
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Robert A. Maguire [1921-2005]
official website
Wikipedia
 | "Dames, Dolls & Gun Molls: The Art of Robert A. Maguire" [2009] by Jim Silke Dark Horse 12x9 pb [6/2009] for $16.47 |
Western watercolorist William Matthews of Denver, CO
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painter Scott Mattlin of Denver, CO
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painter Derek McCrea of Brevard, FL
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folk artist Grandma Moses [1860-1961]
posters Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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illustrator Donna J. Neary of Broadway, Virginiapersonal website studio website
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986] Art Pages
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watercolorist Phil Paradise [1905-97]
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illustrator Maxfield Parrish [1870-1966]
posters browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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California painter Tony Peters
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Jackson Pollock [1912-56]
posters browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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"Pollock" feature film [Sony Dec 2000] Produced & directed by and starring Ed Harris; co-starring Marcia Gay Harden, Tom Bower, Jennifer Connelly, Bud Cort, John Heard, Val Kilmer, Robert Knott, David Leary & Amy Madigan; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actress [Harden], Oscar nomination for Best Actor Sony widescreen color DVD [7/2001] for $14.99 Sony color VHS [12/2001] out of stock/used Rounder soundtrack CD by Jeff Beal [2/2001] for $17.98 full credits at IMDb; official movie site |
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illustrator Howard Pyle [1853-1911]
browse books
Wikipedia
 | "Pirates, Patriots and Princesses: The Art of Howard Pyle" [2006] Selected & edited by Jeff A. Menges Dover 11x8½ hardcover [6/2006] for $10.37 |
 | "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood" [1883 classic] Written & illustrated by Howard Pyle Young Robin of Locksley is attacked by one of Prince John's men and kills him in self defense, which makes Robin an outlaw. Robin is soon surrounded by other outcasts who make sport of the authorities from their hideout in Sherwood Forest. Book Jungle 9x7½ pb [7/2008] for $16.15 |
 | "The Book of Pirates" [original 1921] Written & illustrated by Howard Pyle Dover 9¼x6½ pb [10/2000] for $10.62 Pavilion Press pb [6/2004] for $11.95 Spirit of America Bookstore's Pirates of The Americas Page |
 | "The Story of King Arthur and His Knights" [1903 YA novel] by Howard Pyle [1853-1911] Signet Classics mass pb [9/2006] for $5.95 Sterling 8x6 hardcover [10/2005] for $9.95 Aladdin 9½x7 hardcover [3/84] for $24.50 Spirit of America Bookstore's King Arthur Page |
 | "The Story of The Champions of The Round Table" [1905 YA novel] by Howard Pyle Dover Classics 9¼x6½ pb [6/68] for $10.16 Forgotten Books 9x6 pb [1/2008] for $10.28 BiblioLife 9¼x6½ hardcover [8/2008] for 27.99 |
 | "The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions" [1907 YA novel] by Howard Pyle Dover Classics 9¼x6½ pb [4/91] for $11.86 Atheneum 9½x7 hardcover [3/85] out of print/used |
 | "The Story of The Grail and The Passing of Arthur" [1910 YA novel] by Howard Pyle Dover Classics 9¼x6½ pb [12/92] for $12.95 Atheneum 9½x7 hardcover [10/85] out of print/used |
marine painter Peter Quidley: posters ArtNet
Quidley & Co. Gallery in Nantucket, MA
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Frederic Remington [1861-1909] Art & Prose Page
at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore
Remington art posters at AllPosters.com
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
illustrator Norman Rockwell [1894-1978] Art Pages
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Mark Rothko [1903-70]
posters browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Edward Ruscha
posters Beat Museum bio page
website {parked}
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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"Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonnι of the Paintings Volume One, 1958-1970" [2003] Gagosian Gallery/Steidl Publng slipcase hardcover [3/2004] for $128.78 "Volume Two, 1971-1982" [2005] Gagosian Gallery/Steidl Publng slipcase hardcover [8/2005] for $133.03 "Volume Three, 1983-1987" [2007] Gagosian Gallery/Steidl Publng slipcase hardcover [7/2007] for $147.00 "Volume Four, 1988-1992" [2009] 
Gagosian Gallery/Steidl Publng slipcase hardcover [10/2009] for $175.50 |
"Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonnι of Works On Paper" [announced]
to be published by Gagosian Gallery in 2010?
 | "Ed Ruscha" [2003] monograph by Richard D. Marshall
Phaidon Press 11½x9¾ pb [6/2005] out of print/used Phaidon Press 11½x10 hardcover [11/2003] out of print/used |
 | "Ed Ruscha and Photography" [2004] by Sylvia Wolf Whitney Museum/Steidl Publng 11¼x8¼ hardcover [8/2004] out of print/used |
 | "Ed Ruscha: Photographer" [2006] by Margit Rowell Steidl Publng 10½x8¼ hardcover [6/2006] for $25.55 |
 | "Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting" [2010]
exhibition catalog [2/2010] for $40.95 Hayward Gallery, London U.K. exhibition official 'minisite' |
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Charles M. Russell [1864-1926] of Montana
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
Charles M. Russell Museum [est. 1953] in Great Falls, MT
"Charlie Russell's Stagecoach" fansite {with annoying music}
C.M. Russell art posters at AllPosters.com
 | "Remington and Russell: The Sid Richardson Collection" [1982] by Brian W. Dippie Univ TX Press Revised Edition pb [1994] for $25.53 Univ TX Press hardcover [7/82] out of print/many, many used |
industrial realist painter Joe Santos of Buena Park, CA
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John Singer Sargent [1856-1925]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Mary Cassat & John Singer Sargent [5:28]
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California Luiseρo artist Fritz Scholder [1937-2005] of Arizona
browse books
official website
Wikipedia
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"Fritz Scholder: Indian/Not Indian" art book [2008] by Lowery Stokes Sims, Truman T. Lowe & Paul Chaat Smith Prestel USA 9¼x12¼ hardcover [11/2008] for $42.00 |
sculptor Richard Serra
browse books
IMDb listing
Wikipedia
Serra article in Time Magazine
PBS Artists In The 21st Century page about Richard Serra
 | "Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years" [2007] contributors include Kynaston McShine, Lynne Cooke, John Rajchman & Benjamin Buchloh Museum of Modern Art in NYC 10½x10x¼ hardcover [6/2007] for $47.25 MoMA exhibit {June-Sept 2007} website |
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Dr. Seuss {Theodor Geisel 1904-91} Page
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modern cowboy artist Gordon Snidow of Ruidoso, NM
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Gilbert Stuart [1755-1828]
posters
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Louis Comfort Tiffany [1848-1933]W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Louis Comfort Tiffany & James McNeill Whistler [6:19]
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painter Robert Townsend
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Spirit of America Bookstore's
Alberto Vargas [1896-1982] & 'Varga Girls' Art Pages
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Lynd Ward [1905-85]: Wikipedia
Perhaps the most provocative graphic storyteller of the twentieth century. — Will Eisner
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"Lynd Ward: "Gods' Man" [1929], "Madman's Drum" [1930], and "Wild Pilgrimage" [1932] - Three Novels In Woodcuts" [2010] Edited by Art Spiegelman Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $25.20 "Lynd Ward: "Prelude To A Million Years" [1933], "Song Without Words" [1936], and "Vertigo" [(1937] - Three Novels In Woodcuts" [2010] Edited by Art Spiegelman Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2010] for $25.20 "Lynd Ward: Six Novels In Woodcuts" Boxed Set [2010] 
Library of America 8½x5½x4" {5.1 pounds!} hardcover [10/2010] for $44.10 |
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Andy Warhol [1928-87]
"The essence of Warhol's genius was to eliminate the one aspect of a thing without which that thing would, to
conventional ways of thinking, cease to be itself, and then to see what happened." – culture critic Louis Menand
posters Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
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visual artist June Claire Wayne of West Hollywood, CA
official website
Wikipedia
founder Tamarind Institute [est. 1960; moved 1970] at UNM
 | "June Wayne: The Art of Everything - A Catalogue Raisonnι, 1936-2006" [2007] by Robert P. Conway Rutgers Univ Press 12¼x12¼ {7.4 pounds!} hardcover [2/2007] for $104.00 |
James McNeil Whistler [1834-1903]
posters Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Louis Comfort Tiffany & James McNeill Whistler [6:19]
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light artist Thomas Wilfred [1889-1968]
Wikipedia
http://www.iotacenter.org/store/videos/5_thomas_wilfred
http://www.gis.net/~scatt/clavilux/clavilux.html
"LUMIA: Thomas Wilfred and The Story of Light Art" [2008] /0982128800/
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Grant Wood [1891-1942]
posters Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Paul Revere: Grant Wood & John Singleton Copley [4:57]
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Andrew Wyeth [1917-2009]
posters books + bios
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
illustrator N.C. Wyeth [1882-1945]
posters illustrated books
all books + bios
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
N.C. Wyeth & Norman Rockwell [7:24]
L i n k s
Artcyclopedia
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Americans For The Arts [est. 1996]
Distinguished Artists Links at Traditional Fine Arts
American Plains Artists [est. 1982]
Illustrators Biographies pages from Bud Plant
California Water Color website
California Paintings Gallery in Beverly Hills, CA
Graphic Artists Guild - Directory of Illustrators
American Women Artists exhibit program [est. 1990]
ART: American Renaissance for the Twenty-First Century [est. 1992]
Books & Videos
 | "Modern Women: Women Artists At The Museum of Modern Art" [2010] Edited by Cornelia Butler & Alexandra Schwartz Museum of Modern Art, New York City 10¾x9¼ hardcover [6/2010] for $40.95 An important study on two levels: of how MoMA was pressured to address gender issues, and of the women instrumental in advancing the arts to where they are today. Topics & artists covered in 48 essays include Latin American artists, African-American artists & performance artists; photographers Diane Arbus, Julia Margaret Cameron & Nan Goldin; filmmaker Maya Deren; actress Lillian Gish; architect Zaha Hadid; and actress-director Ida Lupino |
 | "The Ferus Gallery: A Place To Begin" [2008] Edited by Kristine McKenna; text by Kristine McKenna & Morgan Neville The Ferus Gallery operated at 736 No. La Cienega Boulevard in Los Angeles and was the catalyst of modern art in Los Angeles from 1957 to 1966. Exhibitions at Ferus boosted the careers of sculptors Larry Bell & Ed Kienholz, pop artists Roy Lichtenstein & Andy Warhol, and painters John Altoon, Billy Al Bengston, Richard Diebenkorn, Ed Moses & Ed Ruscha, and many others. Steidl & Partners 10x10 hardcover with CD [11/2009] for $37.77 MW's Ferus Gallery fansite |
 | "The Cool School: The Story of The Ferus Art Gallery" documentary [Arthouse Films 2007] This DVD is included with the book above. Co-produced by Kristine McKenna; directed by Morgan Neville; narrated by Jeff Bridges; interviewees include Frank O. Gehry, Robert Irwin, Edward Ruscha & Dean Stockwell Arts Alliance America widescreen color DVD [7/2008] for $26.99 full credits from IMDb P.B.S. 'Independent Lens' movie site |
 | "Paintings of New York, 1800-1950" [2005] by Bruce Weber
97 color images by 79 artists including George Bellows, Thomas Hart Benton, Otto Boetticher, Albertus Del Orient Browere, Elsie Driggs, William Glackens, Francis Guy, Childe Hassam, Robert Henri, Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Jacob Lawrence, Ernest Lawson, Piet Mondrian, Thomas Moran, Georgia O'Keeffe, Maurice Prendergast, Ben Shahn, Raphael Soyer, Joseph Stella, George Tooker & Charles Frederic Ulrich Pomegranate Commns 9¼x7½ hardcover [9/2005] for $30.00 |
 | Harlem Renaissance: Art of Black America" [1987] Edited by Charles Miers, Introduction by Mary Schmidt Campbell featured artists include painter-illustrator Aaron Douglas, sculptor Meta Warwick Fuller, painters Palmer Hayden & William H. Johnson, and the photographs of James Van Der Zee Harry N. Abrams 11& frac12x8¾ pb [2/94] for $13.49 Harry N. Abrams 11¾x9 hardcover [3/87] out of print/used |
 | "Against The Odds: The Artists of The Harlem Renaissance" [P.B.S. 1993] Directed by Amber Edwards; hour-long documentary centered on the Harmon Foundation [1922-67] of Harlem and artists that it supported; info on DVD is scant, but persons featured seem to include W.E.B. Du Bois, John Wesley Hardrick, founder William E. Harmon, Palmer Hayden, Alain Locke, Archibald Motley, Richard Barthι Thompson & Hale Woodruff P.B.S. Home Video color DVD [1/2006] for $19.99 P.B.S. Home Video color VHS [1/2001] out of prodn/used not listed on IMDb |
"American Impressionism" [1974] by Richard J. Boyle
Bulfinch pb [4/82] out of print/used
Little, Brown hardcover [12/74] out of print/used
"The American Impressionists" [1972] by Donelson F. Hoopes
Watson-Guptil mixed [1972+] out of print/many used
Random House hardcover [11/87] out of print/used
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