West Virginia Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "West Virginia Art History." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays.
Following the links to Resource Library articles and essays are a listing of museums in the state which have provided materials to Resource Library for this or any other topic.
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(above: Richard Zoellner, West
Virginia Landscape, 1941, tempera on paperboard, Smithsonian American
Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration. Public domain,
via Wikimedia Commons*)
Resource Library essays listed by author name in alphabetical order, followed by articles:
Resource Library contains no articles or essays specific to the state.
We recommend that researchers always search within Resource Library for additional material. Please see TFAO's page How to research topics not listed for more information.
(above: Lefevre J. Cranstone, The Ohio River near Wheeling, West Virginia, c. 1859-1860, watercolor, 12 x 17.9 inches, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Gifts of Mrs. Louise Lamson and Mrs. Alfred N. Lawrence, by exchange, 1984. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Museums and other non-profit sources of Resource Library articles and essays:
(above: William Louis Sonntag, Sr., Fishing on the Potomac, Eastern Panhandle, West Virginia, c. 1855, Hawthorne Fine Art. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Other online information:
Augustus Kollner in Western Virginia is a 2018 exhibit at the Huntington Museum of Art which says: "One artist who visited the state to paint and sketch was Augustus Kollner, a German immigrant who had settled in Philadelphia in the 1840s....Among his travels was a trip through what is now West Virginia in 1845, resulting in many drawings and watercolors that feature the area's natural attractions." Accessed 6/18
Artists from West Virginia in Wikipedia. Accessed August, 2015.
Allied Artists of West Virginia website. Accessed August, 2015.
For the Joy of Light: The Paintings of Robert Singleton is a 2017 exhibit at the Huntington Museum of Art which says: " For nearly 40 years, Singleton, a "West Virginian by choice" has sought privacy and uninterrupted time to work and be introspective, and the space to breathe freely and search for life's answers in this remote location." Also see artist's website Accessed 9/17
Books, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first:
Early Art and Artists in West Virginia: An Introduction and Biographical Directory, By John A. Cuthbert. Published by West Virginia University Press, 2000. ISBN 093705853X, 9780937058534. 301 pages. Review by WVU Magazine.
West Virginia Quilts and Quiltmakers: Echoes from the Hills, by Valentine, Fawn. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2000. 282 pp.
Articles:
Bartlett, Larry. 1998 "Rural Murals: New Deal Art in West Virginia" [sidebar lists 16 Post Office Art sites]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life 24 (Fall): 36-41.
Six, Dean. 2003. "Stained Glass in West Virginia: A Brief History" [early 1900s]. Goldenseal: West Virginia Traditional Life 29 (Spring): 15.
Musical accompanyment:
Take Me Home, Country Roads, song by John Denver available on YouTube
Appalachian Spring, musical
composition by Aaron Copland available on YouTube
Return to Individual States Art History Project
TFAO catalogues:
TFAO's Distinguished Artists catalogue provides online access to biographical information for artists associated with this state. Also, Search Resource Library for online articles and essays concerning both individual artists associated with this state's history and the history of art centers and museums in this state. Resource Library articles and essays devoted to individual artists and institutions are not listed on this page.
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