Making American artists : stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 /
"Traversing two hundred years of creativity and change, Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 probes what it meant to be an American artist when the first art school and museum in the United States was founded and what it meant to be one by t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY : Munich :
American Federation of Arts ; Hirmer,
2023
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| Summary: | "Traversing two hundred years of creativity and change, Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976 probes what it meant to be an American artist when the first art school and museum in the United States was founded and what it meant to be one by the late twentieth century. Leading scholars explore understudied histories of Black, women, and LGBTQ+ artists in essays that contribute to an expanded picture of the nation and its artistic heritage."-- "Traversing two hundred years of creativity and change, Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776–1976 probes what it meant to be an American artist when the first art school and museum in the United States was founded and what it meant to be one by the late twentieth century. Leading scholars explore understudied histories of Black, women, and LGBTQ+ artists in essays that contribute to an expanded picture of the nation and its artistic heritage."-- |
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| Item Description: | "This catalogue is published on the occasion of the exhibition Making American Artists: Stories from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 1776-1976, co-organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. This exhibition is curated by Anna O. Marley, Chief of Curatorial Affairs and Kenneth R. Woodcock Curator of Historical American Art, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Exhibition itinerary: Wichita Art Museum, Kansas, January 28-April 21, 2024; Albuquerque Museum of Art, New Mexico, May 18-August 11, 2024; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma, September 21, 2024-January 5, 2025; Ackland Art Museum, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, February 5-May 11, 2025"--Colophon |
| Physical Description: | 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), portraits ; 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 3777440981 9783777440989 |