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Hardcover reprint of the original 1921 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Bolton, Theodore . Early American Portrait Painters In Miniature. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Bolton, Theodore . Early American Portrait Painters In Miniature, . New York: F. F. Sherman, 1921. Subject: Miniature Painting United States
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Between 1802, when the young Kentucky artist William Edward West began to paint portraits while on a downriver journey, and 1920, when the last of Frank Duveneck's students worked in Louisville, a large number of notable portrait artists were active in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley. In Lessons in Likeness: Portrait Painters in Kentucky and the Ohio River Valley, 1802-1920, Estill Curtis Pennington charts the course of those artists as they painted a variety of sitters drawn from both urban and rural society. The work is illustrated, when possible, from The Filson Historical Society collection of some four hundred portraits representing one of the most extensive holdings available for st...
In this fascinating volume, Frank W. Bayley explores the lives and works of little-known early American portrait painters. Through detailed biographies and analysis of their paintings, he sheds light on a neglected area of American art history. With beautiful full-color illustrations and insightful commentary, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in American art and culture. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
"English Painters, with a Chapter on American Painters" by S. R. Koehler and H. J. Wilmot-Buxton is a concise reference of the evolution of painting in English society. Beginning with early English art and moving through the centuries and the types of painting, this book gives a brief but thorough overview of an incredibly wide topic. The book even includes multiple historic painters from a variety of genres.
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.