Examines and discusses the pastels, watercolors, and drawings of the nineteenth-century French painter

Drawn into the Light: Jean Francois Millet

Arts & Photography

Brian Allen

Alexandra R. Murphy et al.

Richard Rand

James A. Ganz

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Perfect for artists, illustrators, art and art history students and art lovers! Over-sized book, 78 pages, profusely illustrated with beautiful color and b/w reproductions. A must for every Goltzius, Tetrode, Classical sculpture and print, and 16th century European drawing, painting and sculpture fan; and all aspiring painters! An ideal gift and great value for the Holidays, birthdays or graduation! See our complete inventory of art books by clicking on Srebnik Gallery at right.

Goltzius and the Third Dimension

Senior Curator Stephen Goddard

Graphic Design

Clark Art Institute

Brothers Sterling and Stephen Clark―heirs to the Singer sewing machine fortune―were among the twentieth century’s most influential art collectors. This volume examines their magnificent collections, their personal lives and public profiles, and their significant roles in the history of American museums. While the brothers shared a love for great art, they collected in different ways. Sterling was a private collector; his French Impressionist masterpieces, including thirty-eight Renoirs, and works by such American artists as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Frederic Remington, and Mary Cassatt now form the distinguished collection of the Clark. Stephen, a businessman and museum trustee, acquired modern works by such masters as Georges Seurat, Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, and Vincent van Gogh, often with specific museum collections in mind―including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, and the Yale University Art Gallery. Handsomely produced, this book features over two hundred illustrations of the works from Sterling’s and Stephen’s collections. It also includes essays by distinguished scholars, an illustrated chronology, and a previously unpublished checklist of works purchased by Stephen Clark.

The Clark Brothers Collect: Impressionist and Early Modern Paintings

Michael Conforti

Neil Harris

Gilbert T. Vincent

Situated on a small peninsula between a scenic bay and the vast Pacific Ocean, San Francisco is known for its picturesque neighborhoods and attractions—from bustling Chinatown to the beloved Golden Gate Bridge. But even before these iconic symbols of the city took shape, San Francisco’s rugged topography and fog-shrouded coast served as a beacon for artists, who began arriving at the same time others were seeking their fortunes in the Sierra Nevada goldfields. Landscape artists were drawn to the idyllic natural beauty of the Bay Area in the early nineteenth century, and as San Francisco grew into a metropolis and now-famous landmark buildings appeared, more artists came to record the vibrant city and its unique setting.
In the 1930s, hundreds of local artists were able to work under the federal arts programs of New Deal, and many took part in the city’s public mural projects. Throughout the twentieth century, artists continued their love affair with the City by the Bay, creating an enduring portrait of the ever-changing city and its surrounds via paintings, drawings, photographs, and prints.
Featuring more than fifty artworks from the mid-1800s to the present, all from the collections of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Artistic San Francisco celebrates the sites and experiences of this extraordinary city through the eyes of the artists while providing a rare opportunity to witness the city’s many changes over the past century and a half. An introductory essay by curator James A. Ganz explores the artistic roots of this dynamic region.

Artistic San Francisco

Themes

Pomegranate

A beautifully produced volume devoted to a distinguished collection of European paintings, including an extraordinary group of French Impressionist works. This full-color catalogue features more than 70 of the most important nineteenth-century European paintings in the Clark Art Institute, including masterpieces by Monet, Pissarro, Sisley, Morisot, Manet, Degas, and Renoir. The book also includes earlier works by Corot and Millet, as well as academic paintings by artists such as Gérôme and Bouguereau. Insightful essays by leading scholars of nineteenth-century European art are followed by lavish reproductions and illuminating catalogue entries about each work. James Ganz offers a fascinating introduction to Sterling Clark, an heir to the Singer sewing machine fortune, who along with his wife Francine founded the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute to house their important collection of European and American paintings, sculpture, drawings, and decorative arts. Richard Brettell discusses Clark in the context of other early-twentieth-century collectors such as Albert Barnes and Duncan Phillips. Published to accompany an international tour of the featured works, this handsome volume provides a superb overview of this extraordinary collection.

Great French Paintings from the Clark: Barbizon through Impressionism

Richard R. Brettell

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Skira/Rizzoli

Portals of the Past: The Photographs of Willard Worden, by James A Ganz (2015)

Worden, Willard

Museums

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