Folk Art in America Hardback
by Adele Earnest
Hardback
Description
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.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 251 photos
- Publisher:Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:08/01/1997
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- ISBN:9780887400209
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:256 pages, 251 photos
- Publisher:Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Publication Date:08/01/1997
- Category:
- ISBN:9780887400209