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America's Fine Art
American Masters gallery at AllPosters.com
Walter Foster® Art Books: official website browse books
 Art in America Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $29.95 |
 American Artist Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $19.95 |
 Southwest Art Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $27.00 |
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Art of The West Magazine subscribe: 6 issues/year for $25.00 |
Thomas Kinkade is a no-talent hack, and these American artists are so much better.
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photo realist John Baeder
posters
browse books
official website
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Thomas Hart Benton [1889-1975]
posters
art book
browse books
Ken Burns miniseries [1988] on VHS
Wikipedia
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impressionist Mary Cassatt [1844-1926]
posters
browse books
Wikipedia
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Wm. Merritt Chase [1849-1916]: posters Wikipedia
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Stan Cline: 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
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Maynard Dixon [1875-1946]
Artcyclopedia
official site
Wikipedia (no entry)
Maynard Dixon specialists: Medicine Man Gallery in Santa Fe, NM
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"Maynard Dixon: Art & Spirit" docufilm [indep 2007]
Screened at the Pasadena Museum of California Art May 2007; 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 video/DVD not yet available; not listed on IMDb; official movie site |
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Eyvind Earle [1913-2000]
browse books
Artcyclopedia
credits at IMDb
Wikipedia
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"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 |
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"Horizon Bound On A Bicycle: The Autobiography of Eyvind Earle" [1991] self-published 10x8½ hardcover [4/91] out of print/used |
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illustrator James Montgomery Flagg [1877-1960]
'Uncle Sam wants you' & other posters
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Charles Dana Gibson {the 'Gibson Girls'} [1867-1944]
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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R.C. Gorman [1931-2005]
gallery
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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impressionist Childe Hassam [1859-1935]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
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Winslow Homer [1836-1919]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Edward Hopper [1882-1967] Art Page
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watercolorist Peter Hurd [1904-84] of San Patricio, NM
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realist painter Walt Johnston of Albuquerque, NM
official website
art prints at AllPosters.com
Raymond Jonson [1891-1982]: Artcyclopedia
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Frida Kahlo [1907-54] Art Page
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Rockwell Kent [1882-1971]
all books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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illustrator J.C. Leyendecker [1874-1951]
posters
BP's bio page
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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folk artist Grandma Moses [1860-1961]
posters
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986]
posters
browse books
museum in Santa Fe, NM
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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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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Jackson Pollock [1912-56]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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"Pollock" feature film [Sony Dec 2000] Produced, directed & 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
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"Pirates, Patriots and Princesses: The Art of Howard Pyle" [2006] Selected & edited by Jeff A. Menges Dover 11x8½ hardcover [6/2006] for $10.37 |
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"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 |
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marine painter Peter Quidley: posters ArtNet
Quidley & Co. Gallery in Nantucket, MA
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Frederic Remington [1861-1909] Art Page
Remington art posters at AllPosters.com
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Norman Rockwell [1894-1978]
posters
browse books
art book
museum
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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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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"Ed Ruscha and Photography" [2004] by Sylvia Wolf Steidl 11¼x8¼ hardcover [8/2004] for $37.80 |
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"Ed Ruscha" [2003] monograph by Richard D. Marshall Phaidon Press 11¾x10 hardcover [11/2003] for $49.50 |
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"Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonnι of the Paintings (Volume One, 1958-1970)" [2003] Essays by Walter Hopps & Yve-Alain Bois slipcase hardcover [3/2004] for $126.00 published by Gagosian Gallery "Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonnι of the Paintings (Volume Two, 1971-1982)" [2005]
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"Edward Ruscha: Catalogue Raisonnι of the Paintings (Volume Three, 1983-1987)" [announced]
"Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonnι of Works on Paper" [announced]
to be published by Gagosian Gallery
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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
Charley Russell Western Heritage Assn., based in Woodland Park, CO { domain expired }
C.M. Russell art posters at AllPosters.com
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John Singer Sargent [1856-1925]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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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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modern cowboy artist Gordon Snidow of Ruidoso, NM
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Gilbert Stuart [1755-1828]: posters Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
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Alberto Vargas {the 'Varga Girls'} [1896-1982]
posters
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
MAC Vol I + MAC Vol II Esq Vol I + Esq Vol II 1944 color video
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Andy Warhol [1928-87]: 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 Raisonne, 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
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Grant Wood [1891-1942]: posters Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
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Andrew Wyeth
posters
books + bios
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
illustrator N.C. Wyeth [1882-1945]
posters
illustrated books
all books + bios
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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]
"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
American Architects & Architecture
now on its own page
Frank Lloyd Wright [1867-1959] Page
Photographers
browse books on photography at Amazon.com
Bettman Archive photos at AllPosters
A History of Photography Timeline
Photographers' Gallery in Los Angeles, CA
New Mexico Photography Field School [est. 1986] in Santa Fe, NM
Texas Photographic Society [est. 1985]
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"Life: The Platinum Anniversary Collection - 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography" [2006] from Life Magazine Life 13½x11 hardcover [10/2006] for $19.77 |
Ansel Adams [1902-84]
posters
browse books
Amazon A.A. Boutique
PBS bio
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Diane Arbus [1923-71]
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Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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"Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" [Pressman/Picturehouse Nov 2006] Directed by Steven Shainberg; screenplay by Erin Cressida Wilson, adapted from Patricia Bosworth's book; starring Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr, Ty Burrell, Harris Yulin, Jane Alexander, Emmy Clarke & Genevieve McCarthy video/DVD not yet available; full credits at IMDb official movie site "Diane Arbus: A Biography" [1984] by Patricia Bosworth W.W. Norton 9½x6¼ pb [2/2005] for $11.53 |
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Richard Avedon [1923-2004]: posters Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
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Clay Blackmore of Rockville, MD: official website
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Edward S. Curtis [1868-1952]
Wikipedia
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Michael Disfarmer [1884-1959] of Arkansas
browse books
official website
Disfarmer Project fansite
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Walker Evans [1903-75]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Arthur 'Weegee' Fellig [1899-1968]
posters
all books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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glamour photographer George Hurrell, Sr. [1904-92]
credits at IMDb
official website
portfolio site
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
EJK's George Hurrell fansite
article on Hurrell in July 2007 Atlantic Monthly
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"Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits" [1997] by Mark A. Vieira Harry N. Abrams 12¼x9¼ hardcover [2/97] for $26.37 |
Dorothea Lange [1895-1965]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Earl Leaf: "Marilyn Monroe" pb [8/98] Earl Leaf archive
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O. Winston Link [1914-2001]
official O. Winston Link website
browse books by O. Winston Link
O. Winston Link photo posters at AllPosters [dot] com
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Eadweard Muybridge [1830-1904]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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"River of Shadows: Eadweard Muybridge & The Technological Wild West" [2003] by Rebecca Solnit Penguin 8½x5½ pb [3/2004] for $10.20 Viking 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] out of print/many used |
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Laurence Parent of Wimberley, TX
Charles E. Perry Photographics in Belιn, NM
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Man Ray {real name Emmanuel Radnitzky} [1890-1976]
browse books (by & about)
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
"American Masters: Man Ray - Prophet of The Avant-Garde" [2000]
Winstar color DVD [2/2000] out of prodn/used
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Arthur Rothstein [1915-85]: browse books Artcyclopedia Wikipedia
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Alfred Stieglitz [1864-1946]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
"American Masters: Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye" [2001]
Winstar color DVD [7/2001] for $21.99
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Jim Stimson of Crowley Lake, CA
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Edward Weston [1886-1958]
posters
browse books
Artcyclopedia
Wikipedia
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Bunny Yeager: official website Wikipedia
America's Music
Hawaiian Slack Key, Ragtime, Rock 'n' Roll, Classical and Country/Hillbilly/Folk
... as well as artists in many categories
now on a separate Music Page
Bluegrass Music Page
Traditional Jazz & Dixieland Music Page
America's Cartoonists
now on separate pages
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