Pennsylvania Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Books, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first
(above: N. C. Wyeth, Thanksgiving
with Indians, 1940, oil on canvas, Brandywine River Museum, N.C. Wyeth
Catalogue Raisonné online, Photo by: Malcolm Varon, NYC, copyright
© 2007. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Born of Fire: the Valley of Work: Industrial Scenes of Southwestern ..., By Barbara L. Jones, Edward K. Muller, Joel Arthur Tarr. Published 2006 by Westmoreland Museum of American Art. 160 pages. ISBN:0931241316. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Nov 13, 2007.
Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism and Its Response in Pennsylvania Painting 1900-1950, by Betsy Fahlman, Barbara L. Jones. Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Feb 1, 2006 - 72 pages. Google Books says: "Artists Of The Commonwealth: Realism and its Response in Pennsylvania Painting, 1900-1950, is a page catalog created to accompany the exhibition of the same name organized as a collaboration between Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, and the Erie Art Museum. It is an initiative of the Pennsylvania Council of the Arts. This exhibition brings together the work of Pennsylvania artists that, although stylistically varied, are firmly based upon the foundation of representational art. By celebrating the contributions of Pennsylvania artists and placing them and their work within the greater context of American art, this exhibition will provide museum visitors with a rare opportunity to assess the direction of art at the opening of the 20th century."
Treasures of the Greater Lehigh Valley, by Martha Young Hutson, Christine I. Oaklander, David R. Brigham. 2003 - 48 pages. Features examples from the collections of artistic organizations in Berks, Lehigh, and Northampton counties in Pennsylvania: Allentown Art Museum,
Pennsylvania Impressionism, by Brian
H. Peterson, William H. Gerdts, Sylvia Yount. Published 2002 by University
of Pennsylvania Press. 340 pages. ISBN:0812237005. From the book jacket:
""Pennsylvania impressionist paintings are now widely collected,
and numerous works in private hands are shown here, as are selections from
the holdings of the James A. Michener Art Museum, which has the most extensive
public collection. The book is lavishly illustrated with 369 color reproductions,
and includes biographies of eighty-four artists, many never before published.
The history of the Bucks County art colony is explored by Brian H. Peterson,
who also suggests new ways of understanding the art and artists who made
their home in the area. Sylvia Yount eloquently weaves together the historic
foundations of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and its impact
on the Pennsylvania impressionists. Noted art historian William H. Gerdts
provides a comprehensive study of the art colony movement and its roots,
and includes a comprehensive bibliography on that bygone era." Note:
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Artists of the Commonwealth: Realism in Pennsylvania Painting, 1950-2000, By Michael A. Tomor, John Vanco, Bruce Katsiff. Published 2001 by Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Painting, American. 71 pages. ISBN:0970099533
Folk Art Motifs of Pennsylvania, By Frances Lichten. Published by Dover Publications, 1999. ISBN 0486233030, 9780486233031. 71 pages
The Genius Belt: The Story of the Arts in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, By George S. Bush. Published by Pennsylvania State University Press, 1997. ISBN 0271016736, 9780271016733. 192 pages
The Pennsylvania Impressionists, By Thomas Folk. Published by Associated University Presses, 1997. ISBN 0838636993, 9780838636992. 136 pages
(above: Morgan Colt (1876-1926),
Butcher Wagon, 1922, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches. Collection of
Virginia and Stuart Peltz. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
The Pennsylvania School of Landscape Painting: An Original American ..., By Thomas Folk,. 1984 - 95 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Allentown Art Museum and others, Sept. 16, 1984-Sept. 2, 1985
(above:Walter Elmer Schofield, Breezy Day, Early Autumn, 1902, oil on canvas, 30 x 36 inches, Reading Public Museum. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Return of the Figure: A Pennsylvania Perspective. Published 1985 by Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. Catalog of
an exhibition held at the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art from September
15 to December 8, 1985.
Discovering Pittsburgh's Sculpture, By Vernon Gay, Marilyn Evert. Published by University of Pittsburgh Press, 1983. ISBN 0822934671, 9780822934677. 451 pages
Pennsylvania's Painters (Pennsylvania History Studies No. 14), By Irwin Richman, Pennsylvania Historical Association, 1983, 83 pages
The Sculptures at Gettysburg, By Wayne Craven, Milo Stewart, Published by Eastern Acorn Press, 1982. ISBN 0915992221, 9780915992225. 96 pages
Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze and Stone. Published by Walker Pub. Co., 1974. ISBN 080270459X, 9780802704597. 363 pages
Pennsylvania Folk Art, October 20 through December 1, 1974, Allentown Art Museum, By Allentown Art Museum, Pa Allentown - Folk art - 1974
Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Art in Pennsylvania, By Paul A. Chew. Published by Westmoreland County Museum of Art, 1959. 105 pages. Google Books says: "This catalogue is to record the exhibition assembled on the occasion of the opening of the Westmoreland County Museum of Art."
(above: Henry Ossawa Tanner, Christ
and His Mother Studying the Scriptures, 1909, oil on canvas, 48.7 x
40 inches, Dallas Museum of Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Pennsylvania Folk-art: An Interpretation, By John Joseph Stoudt. Published by Schlechter's, 1948. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Jan 25, 2007. 402 pages. Google Books says: "Revision of Consider the lillies, how they grow, pub. in 1937 as the 2d annual vol. of the Pennsylvania German Folklore Society."
Pennsylvania Dutch American Folk Art, By Henry J. Kauffman, Charles Geoffrey Holme. Published by American Studio Books, 1946. Original from the University of Michigan. Digitized Jan 25, 2007. 136 pages
Folk Art of Rural Pennsylvania, By Pennsylvania Art Project, Index of American design, Index of American Design Pennsylvania, Frances Lichten, Index of American Design, Austin Davison, Compiled by Frances Lichten, Austin Davison. Published by Pennsylvania Art Project, Pennsylvania, 1941 Google Books says: "This portfolio is selected, adapted, and compiled from original sources by Frances Lichten and Austin Davison II."
Water Colors by Philadelphia Water Color Club: May 3-26, 1940. Arnot Art Museum - 1940
Book information courtesy of Google Books.
(above: Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Pennsylvania
Scene, c. 1893, watercolor on wove paper, 12.7 x 8.7 inches, Fine
Arts Museums of San Francisco, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Robert A. Johnson
in honor of Robert Flynn Johnson and Joseph R. Goldyne. Public domain,
via Wikimedia Commons*)
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