American watercolor in the age of Homer and Sargent

Resource Information

The work American watercolor in the age of Homer and Sargent represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Swedenborg Library, Bryn Athyn College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

American watercolor in the age of Homer and Sargent

Statement of responsibility

Kathleen A. Foster

Creator

• Foster, Kathleen A

Contributor

• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Author

• Foster, Kathleen A

Host institution

• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Issuing body

• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Publisher

• Philadelphia Museum of Art

Subject

• Exhibition catalogs
• Illustrated works
• Illustrated works
• United States
• Watercolor painting
• Watercolor painting -- United States -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
• Watercolor painting -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Watercolor painting, American
• 1800-1999
• Watercolor painting, American -- United States -- 20th century -- Exhibitions
• Watercolor painting, American -- United States -- 19th century -- Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs

Genre

• Exhibitions
• Exhibition catalogs
• Illustrated works

Language

eng

Summary

The fascinating story of the transformation of American watercolor practice between 1866 and 1925 The formation of the American Watercolor Society in 1866 by a small, dedicated group of painters transformed the perception of what had long been considered a marginal medium. Artists of all ages, styles, and backgrounds took up watercolor in the 1870s, inspiring younger generations of impressionists and modernists. By the 1920s many would claim it as "the American medium." This engaging and comprehensive book tells the definitive story of the metamorphosis of American watercolor practice between 1866 and 1925, identifying the artist constituencies and social forces that drove the new popularity of the medium. The major artists of the movement - Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, William Trost Richards, Thomas Moran, Thomas Eakins, Charles Prendergast, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Charles Demuth, and many others - are represented with lavish color illustrations. The result is a fresh and beautiful look at watercolor's central place in American art and culture

Cataloging source

YDX

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Language note

Text in English

LC call number

ND1807

LC item number

.F68 2017 Oversize

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• bibliography
• catalogs

Target audience

general