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Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art
Robert W. Cherny
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Description for Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art
Paperback. Series: Working Class in American History. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AGB; AJB; AMB; BG; HBJK; JPF; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963. .
Victor Arnautoff reigned as San Francisco's leading mural painter during the New Deal era. Yet that was only part of an astonishing life journey from Tsarist officer to leftist painter. Robert W. Cherny's masterful biography of Arnautoff braids the artist's work with his increasingly leftist politics and the tenor of his times. Delving into sources on Russian emigres and San Francisco's arts communities, Cherny traces Arnautoff's life from refugee art student and assistant to Diego Rivera to prominence in the New Deal's art projects and a faculty position at Stanford University. As Arnautoff's politics moved left, he often incorporated working ... Read more
Victor Arnautoff reigned as San Francisco's leading mural painter during the New Deal era. Yet that was only part of an astonishing life journey from Tsarist officer to leftist painter. Robert W. Cherny's masterful biography of Arnautoff braids the artist's work with his increasingly leftist politics and the tenor of his times. Delving into sources on Russian emigres and San Francisco's arts communities, Cherny traces Arnautoff's life from refugee art student and assistant to Diego Rivera to prominence in the New Deal's art projects and a faculty position at Stanford University. As Arnautoff's politics moved left, he often incorporated working ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Series
Working Class in American History
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252082306
SKU
V9780252082306
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About Robert W. Cherny
Robert W. Cherny is professor emeritus of history at San Francisco State University. His publications include five books on American politics.
Reviews for Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art
A useful tool for scholars who want to pursue further work on Arnautoff's legacy and Russian art in the United States.
H-Net A fascinating study of Russian American muralist Victor Arnautoff.
Choice Robert W. Cherny has written a fascinating and meticulously researched political biography exploring the life and work of the public ... Read more
H-Net A fascinating study of Russian American muralist Victor Arnautoff.
Choice Robert W. Cherny has written a fascinating and meticulously researched political biography exploring the life and work of the public ... Read more