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Our Treasures: Highlights from the Minnesota Museum of American Art features some of the most outstanding artworks in this little known collection based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. With works from the nineteenth century to the present, the book provides scholarly essays on each artwork, plus an essay on the development of this intriguing art collection and decades-old Saint Paul institution. Works by American artists like Paul Manship, George Morrison, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Joan Mitchell, Ed Ruscha, and others are discussed by a variety of curators and art historians. Edited by Minnesota Museum of American Art executive director Dr. Kristin Makholm, the book showcases a variety of media from paintings, drawings, and sculpture to the museum's great collection of mid-century studio craft.
Before the Museums Came: A Social History of the Fine Arts in the Twin Cities gives an engaging portrayal of the fine arts scene of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota in the United States, spanning from the appearance of the earliest artists in 1835 to the opening of the first permanent museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1915. Readers will learn about the institutions and organizations that were created in support of the fine arts, the early art exhibitions and events, and the collectors, dealers and artists whose efforts made all of that come to fruition. The text – enriched and supplemented by reproductions of artworks, photographs of various personages, exhibition venues, stu...
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"Before the Museums Came: A Social History of the Fine Arts in the Twin Cities gives an engaging portrayal of the fine arts scene of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota in the United States, spanning from the appearance of the earliest artists in 1835 to the opening of the first permanent museum, the Minneapolis Institute of Arts in 1915. Readers will learn about the institutions and organizations that were created in support of the fine arts, the early art exhibitions and events, and the collectors, dealers and artists whose efforts made all of that come to fruition. The text -- enriched and supplemented by reproductions of artworks, photographs of various personages, exhibition venues, studios, art galleries, catalogues, and ephemera -- presents a clear understanding of the period and breaks new ground for future scholars to research"--Page 4 of cover.
A definitive survey of Minnesota's vibrant printmaking scene in the first half of the twentieth century that features almost two hundred artists.