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Folk Art in America: A Personal View
Adele Earnest
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Description for Folk Art in America: A Personal View
Hardcover. Shows and describes masterpieces of American folk art, including decoys, gates, trade signs, ship carvings, weathervanes, and sculpture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 251 photos. BIC Classification: ACBP; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America's passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her text and illustrations, Adele Earnest acquaints the reader with folk art masterpieces and some of the artists who created them. She relates the history of the folk art movement in America and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art. She reminisces about those early collectors who blazed a place for folk art in the art world: Henry Francis duPont, Electra Havemeyer Webb, Titus Geesey, and the flamboyant Mme.Gamma Walska, to name but a few.
Folk Art in America is the story of the roots of America's passion for art that is uniquely its own. Through her text and illustrations, Adele Earnest acquaints the reader with folk art masterpieces and some of the artists who created them. She relates the history of the folk art movement in America and the founding of the Museum of American Folk Art. She reminisces about those early collectors who blazed a place for folk art in the art world: Henry Francis duPont, Electra Havemeyer Webb, Titus Geesey, and the flamboyant Mme.Gamma Walska, to name but a few.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780887400209
SKU
V9780887400209
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99-2
About Adele Earnest
Adele Earnest, a founding trustee of the Museum of American Folk art, is the author of The Art of the Decoy. She is well known for her definitive articles in many publications.
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