Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts & Crafts will for the first time examine the influence of Arthur Wesley Dow (1857-1922) as both an innovative artist and inspiring teacher to students such as Max Weber, Alfred Stieglitz, Ernest Batchelder, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Including photographs, furniture, paintings, ceramics, and prints by Dow and his contemporaries, the varied selection of works reproduced in the catalogue underscores the elegance of pure design based in nature. Included in the catalogue are essays by guest curator Nancy E. Green, chief curator at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, and Jessie Poesch, an expert on Newcomb Pottery and professor emerita at Tulane University. Green focuses on Dow's printmaking and the origins of the American Arts and Crafts aesthetic while Poesch examines Dow's impact on American pottery.

Arthur Wesley Dow and American Arts & Crafts

Arts & Photography

Green, Nancy E. and Jessie Poesch

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

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<p>Of all the paintings by the Impressionist master Edouard Manet (1832-1883), nearly one-fifth are still lifes, a genre the artist himself considered "the touchstone of painting." This sumptuous volume, first published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Walters Art Gallery in Baltimore and at the Musee d'Orsay in Paris, is the first major book to focus on this crucial aspect of Manet's work. Throughout his career, and especially later in his life, Manet devoted considerable energy to still lifes, producing oils, watercolors, and prints that unite exuberant personal expression with a flawless mastery of light and detail. With informative text, including an enlightening essay by Henri Loyrette, director of the Musee d'Orsay, <i>Manet: The Still-Life Paintings</i> features lush, full-page colorplates as well as full-bleed details of what some critics consider the finest examples of still-life painting ever executed.</p>

Manet: The Still Life Paintings

Mauner, George

Individual Artists

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