Patricia Hills
4) Stuart Davis
Author
Series
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
©2009
Language
English
Description
Jacob Lawrence was one of the best-known African American artists of the twentieth century. In "Painting Harlem Modern", Patricia Hills renders a vivid assessment of Lawrence's long and productive career. She argues that his complex, cubist-based paintings developed out of a vital connection with a modern Harlem that was filled with artists, writers, musicians, and social activists. She also uniquely positions Lawrence alongside such important African...
Author
Publisher
Boston University Art Gallery
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
"Jazz impresario George Wein and his wife Joyce have established an outstanding art collection that represents an excellent survey of the accomplishments of African American artists of the last century. The exhibition and catalogue, Syncopated Rhythms: 20th-Century African American Art from the George and Joyce Wein Collection, showcases this fine collection, including paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, and a painted story quilt."--Page 2 of...
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Despite the dire financial environment of the 1930s, this decade gave rise to great technical and aesthetic innovations in fashion. This handsomely illustrated book is the first to analyze important developments in both men's and women's fashions of that time. Select experts contribute texts that delve into the economic, political, and cultural influences that shaped these emergent styles. They also explore how industrial capabilities, such as the...
