American Landscapes: Treasures from the Parrish Art Museum
Softcover
2009 · Southampton, NY
by Longwell, Alicia G.
Southampton, NY: The Parrish Art Museum, 2009. Softcover. VG+ but with gallery ex-lib. sticker on lower front cover. Color-illustrated wraps with moss green lettering. 104 pp. with 42 color plates. Catalogue from the exhibition of Sept. to Nov. 2009. Includes an essay, American Landscape Painting: In the Eye of the Beholder, illustrated with 7 figures. The catalogue charts the development of the tradition of landscape painting over two centuries with images we have come to think of as distinctly American. Included are paintings by some of the most important figures in the history of American art with painters from the Hudson River School, European-influenced artists and others associated with major artist colonies. (Inventory #: 141684)