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The  Arts  of  America

Information on The Arts of America – Fine Art, Cartoonists, Architecture, Photography, Music – bringing
to your attention professional & obscure artists, their works and their museums, and interesting genres & styles...

America's Fine Art    • •    America's Photographers    • •    America's Cartoonists Pages

Classic Cinema    • •    Architecture Pages

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America's  Fine  Art

American Masters gallery at AllPosters.com

	"The Work of Art In The Age of Mechanical Reproduction" [1936 classic] by Walter Benjamin "widely considered to be one of the top 100 greatest books of all time" CreateSpace 36-page 8¼x5½ pb [8/2009] for $9.95 "The Work of Art In The Age of Its Technological Reproducibility & Other Writings On Media" Harvard University Belknap Press 9x6¼ pb [5/2008] for $12.89
	Walter T. Foster® Art Books official website • entry at Wikipedia {empty} • browse books blog essay "A Walter T. Foster Story" Oct 2011
	"Great French Paintings From The Barnes Foundation: Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and Early Modern" [1993] Knopf 11½x9¾ pb [11/95] for $44.41 Knopf 11¾x9¾ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used
	"After The End of Art: Contemporary Art and The Pale of History" [1996 classic] by Arthur C. Danto based on his 1995 Mellon Lectures On The Fine Arts Princeton Univ Press 8½x6 pb [11/98] for $17.79 Princeton Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [11/96] out of print/used
	"Wall-to-Wall America: Post-Office Murals In The Great Depression" [2000] by Karal Ann Marling CAVEAT: the illustrations are in b&w Univ MN Press 9x6 pb [5/2000] for $25.00
	"Art Held Hostage: The Battle Over The Barnes Collection" [2003] by John Anderson Eccentric Dr. Albert Barnes [1872-1951] bequeathed his eclectic art collection – containing masterworks by Cιzanne, El Greco, Gauguin, Goya, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Renoir, Utrillo, Van Gogh & others, and currently worth $25-35 billion – to the failing Afro-American college Lincoln University. Economic concerns and terms of the will erupted in controversy in the 1990s, with plans afoot to relocate the collection to Philadelphia's Museum District in 2012. W.W. Norton & Co. hardcover [5/2003] for $17.13
	"Walter Benjamin and Art" [2005] Edited by Andrew Benjamin Continuum 9x6 pb [1/2005] for $42.94 Continuum 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2005] for $150.00
	"The Art of The Steal" documentary film [I.F.C./Sundance Feb 2010] Chronicles the long and dramatic struggle for control of the Barnes Foundation, and its eclectic art collection, currently worth $25-35 billion. Directed by Don Argott M.P.I. Home Video widescreen color DVD [7/2010] for $22.49 full credits at IMDb • official movie site
	"Priceless: How I Went Undercover To Rescue The World’s Stolen Treasures" [2010 bestseller] by Robert K. Wittman, with John Shiffman Memoir of the founder of the F.B.I.’s Art Crime Team; in his remarkable twenty-year career, he and his team rescued paintings by Monet, Picasso, Rembrandt & Rockwell, and irreplacable historical artifacts, catching art thieves, scammers & black market traders in Paris, Philadelphia, Rio de Janiero, Santa Fe, Miami, and Madrid. Crown 9¼x6½ hardcover [6/2010] for $16.50
	"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

Art in America Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $29.95 magazine website

American Artist Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $19.95 magazine website

The Artist's Magazine subscribe: 10 issues/year for $19.96 magazine website

Southwest Art Magazine subscribe: 12 issues/year for $27.00 magazine website

Art of The West Magazine subscribe: 6 issues/year for $25.00 magazine website

Picturing  America  On  Screen

The National Endowment for the Humanities funded the "Picturing America Initiative" which is now realized in the new video online and on-air companion called "Picturing America On Screen", produced by W.N.E.T. in New York City. The website (launched September 2011) provides 25 short online segments that are rich in information on The Arts of America, and so have been coded here and on the Spirit of America Bookstore pages that pertain to each subject.

W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" homepage
John James Audubon: American Flamingo, 1838 [6:31]
Brooklyn Bridge: Walker Evans & Joseph Stella [6:07]
The Chrysler Building, 1926-1930 [5:40]
Childe Hassam: Allies Day, May 1917 [6:22]
Thomas Hart Benton & George Caleb Bingham [6:48]
Mary Cassat & John Singer Sargent [5:28]
George Washington, 1776 and Voting Rights in Alabama, 1965 [5:45]
Edward Hopper: House By The Railroad, 1925 [6:17]
Jacob Lawrence & Martin Puryear [5:24]
George Catlin & Black Hawk, Lakota [5:43]
Mission Nuestra Seρora de la Concepciσn de Acuσa in San Antonio, Texas, 1755 [5:42]
Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother, 1936 [4:30]
Paul Revere: Grant Wood & John Singleton Copley [4:57]
Quilts of the 19th and 20th Centuries [6:33]
Charles Sheeler & Frank Lloyd Wright [6:02]
Augustus Saint-Gauden & Winslow Homer [6:32]
Washington, Lincoln & Franklin [6:28]
Thomas Eakins: John Biglin In A Single Scull, c. 1873 [4:50]
Silver Teapots of the 18th, 19th, and 20th Centuries [4:48]
N.C. Wyeth & Norman Rockwell [7:24]
Louis Comfort Tiffany & James McNeill Whistler [6:19]
Thomas Cole [6:10]
Albert Bierstadt & Richard Diebenkorn [7:10]
Romare Bearden: The Dove, 1964 [6:01]
Pottery and Baskets, c. 1100 to c. 1960 [6:26]

Thomas Kinkade is a no-talent hack, and these American artists are so much better.

Artists of America Page
Artists A to Z  •  Links  •  Books

New Mexico Artists Page

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Thomas Hart Benton [1889-1975] Art Page

Maynard Dixon [1875-1946] Art Page
who was married to photographer Dorothea Lange [1895-1965]

R.C. Gorman [1931-2005] Art Page

Edward Hopper [1882-1967] Art Page

Frida Kahlo [1907-54] Art Page
who was married to muralist Diego Rivera

Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986] Art Pages
who was married to photographer Alfred Stieglitz [1864-1946]

Frederic Remington [1861-1909] Art & Prose Page

Norman Rockwell [1894-1978] Art Pages

Charles M. Russell [1864-1926] Art Pages

Dr. Seuss {Theodor Geisel 1904-91} Page

Alberto Vargas [1896-1982] & 'Varga Girls' Art Pages

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
Graphic Artists Guild - Directory of Illustrators
American Women Artists exhibit program [est. 1990]
ART: American Renaissance for the Twenty-First Century [est. 1992]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art [opening Nov 2011] in Bentonville, Arkansas

American Architects & Architecture

main page • general books • architecture film festival • links
Googie architecture • natural materials • Craftsman, Mission & Prairie

Frank Lloyd Wright [1867-1959] Page

America's  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]
The International Los Angeles Photographic Art Exposition [Jan 2010 = #19]

Cinematography Page at Magic Lantern

framed photographs from Life Magazine archives

"The Decisive Moment: Photography by Henri Cartier-Bresson" classic book [France 1952]
French title "Images ΰ la Sauvette (Images On The Run)"
out of print/scarce; other books by/about Cartier-Bresson

	"Camera Lucida: Reflections On Photography" [1981] by Roland Barthes [1915-80] Hill & Wang 8x5½ pb [5/82] for $10.40 Hill & Wang hardcover [1981] out of print/used
	"Life: The Platinum Anniversary Collection - 70 Years of Extraordinary Photography" [2006] from Life Magazine Life 13½x11 hardcover [10/2006] for $19.77
	"Camera: A History of Photography From Daguerreotype To Digital" [2009] by Todd Gustavson Sterling Innovation 11½x10 hardcover [10/2009] for $28.35

http://www.amazon.com/History-Photography-Beaumont-Newhall/dp/0870703811/
http://www.amazon.com/History-Photography-dOrsay-Collection-1839-1925/dp/208030092X/
http://www.amazon.com/World-History-Photography-Naomi-Rosenblum/dp/0789209373/
http://www.amazon.com/History-Photography-Present-Eastman-Collection/dp/3822847771/

Ansel Adams [1902-84]
posters • browse books • Amazon A.A. Boutique • PBS bio • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

Ansel Adams Gallery [est. 1902 as Best's Studio] inside Yosemite Park
http://www.amazon.com/Ansel-Adams-400-Photographs/dp/0316117722/
http://www.amazon.com/Ansel-Adams-Color-Andrea-Stillman/dp/0316056413/

"Ansel Adams At Manzanar" [2006] by Anne Hammond Honolulu Academy of Arts hardcover [1/2006] out of print/used

"Ansel Adams In The National Parks" [] by Andrea Stillman

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Diane Arbus [1923-71]
all books • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

"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 New Line Home Video widescreen color DVD [5/2007] for $19.99 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, Maryland

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Matthew Brady []

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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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photographer & filmmaker
Robert Frank [b. 1924]
"Although he has made 27 films, the work is largely a well-kept secret."
browse books at Amazon • Artcyclopedia • IMDb listing • Wikipedia

"The Americans" [1958] Photographs by Robert Frank; Introduction by Jack Kerouac considered to be Robert Frank's masterpiece Scalo Verlag 9½x8½ pb [9/93] out of print/used Random House/Pantheon 9¾x9 pb [1/86] out of print/used Steidl Verlag 8½x7½ hardcover [8/2005] out of print/used Scalo Verlag 8¾x9½ hardcover [5/98] out of print/used

"Frank Films" book [] by Robert Frank
http://www.amazon.com/Frank-Films-Film-Video-Robert/dp/3865218156/

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Helen K. Garber of Venice, California

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Charles 'Teenie' Harris [1908-98] of Pittsburgh
Wikipedia
Teenie Harris Archive at Carnegie Museum of Art

"One Shot Harris: The Photographs of Charles 'Teenie; Harris" [Harry N. Abrams 2002]
by Stanley Crouch & Deborah Willis ISBN 0-8109-3272-5

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Magic Lantern's
cinematographer James Wong Howe [1899-1976] Page

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glamour photographer George Hurrell, Sr. [1904-92]
credits at IMDb • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

official George Hurrell website
George Hurrell portfolio site
EJK's George Hurrell fansite
article on Hurrell in July 2007 Atlantic Monthly

"Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits" [1997] by Mark A. Vieira Harry N. Abrams 12¼x9¼ hardcover [2/97] for $26.37

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portrait photographer Yousef Karsh [1908-2002]

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Dorothea Lange [1895-1965]
posters • browse books • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

was married to painter Maynard Dixon [1875-1946]

"Impounded: Dorothea Lange and The Censored Images of Japanese American Internment" [2006] Edited by Linda Gordon & Gary Y. Okihiro W.W. Norton 11x7 pb [2/2008] for $12.89 W.W. Norton 9¼x7¼ hardcover [11/2006] for $22.76

W.N.E.T.'s "Picturing America on Screen" Project [2011]
Dorothea Lange: Migrant Mother, 1936 [4:30]

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Earl Leaf
"Marilyn Monroe" pb [8/98] • Earl Leaf archive

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O. Winston Link [1914-2001]
browse books by O. Winston Link • official website

O. Winston Link photo posters at AllPosters.com

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pioneer Eadweard Muybridge [1830-1904]
posters • browse books • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

	"The Human Figure In Motion" [1955] by Eadweard Muybridge, Edited by R. Taft Dover Publng 11x8 hardcover [6/55] for $26.40 "Animals In Motion" [1957] by Eadweard Muybridge, Edited by Lewis S. Brown Dover Publng 10¾x8½ hardcover [6/57] for $26.37
	"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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fashion photographer Helmut Newton [1920-2004]
"Helmut Newton (Photofile)" []
http://www.amazon.com/Helmut-Newton-Photofile/dp/0500410690/
"The Best of Helmut Newton" []
http://www.amazon.com/Best-Helmut-Newton/dp/1560251352/

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Timothy O'Sullivan []

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Laurence Parent of Wimberley, Texas

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U.S. fashion photographer Irving Penn [1917-2009]

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Man Ray [1890-1976]
{ real name Emmanuel Radnitzky }
browse books (by & about) • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia
http://www.amazon.com/Man-Ray-Artists-20th-Century/dp/B00019G8C4/

"American Masters: Man Ray - Prophet of The Avant-Garde" [P.B.S. April 1997] Co-produced & directed by Mel Stuart; written by Neil Baldwin; narrated by Stockard Channing Winstar color DVD [2/2000] out of prodn/used Winstar color VHS [2/2000] out of prodn/used credits at IMDb

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Arthur Rothstein [1915-85]
browse books • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

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Edward Steichen [1879-1973]
book "Edward Steichen In High fashion"

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Alfred Stieglitz [1864-1946]
posters • browse books • Artcyclopedia • Wikipedia

was married to painter Georgia O'Keeffe [1887-1986]

"American Masters: Alfred Stieglitz - The Eloquent Eye" [P.B.S. 2001] Directed by Perry Miller Adato; featuring Alfred Stieglitz, Georgia O'Keeffe, Edward Steichen & John Marin Winstar color DVD [7/2001] out of prodn/used Winstar color VHS [7/2001] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb

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Jim Stimson of Crowley Lake, CA

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Paul Strand [1890-1976]

"Strand: Under The Dark Cloth" [1989]
Strand's influence on the history of photography has been nothing short of profound, yet he remains
a curiously shrouded and paradoxical figure; 88-minute docufilm directed by John Walker

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Kristen Westlake of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin

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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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