Incisive artistic commentary combines with a biographical profile and lush reproductions to provide a definitive overview of the life and art of American painter Grant Wood, creator of such famous works as American Gothic.

American Art Series: Grant Wood

KATE F. JENNINGS

Crescent Books

Perhaps the most famous of all American photographers, Ansel Adams won fame for his sharp and poetic images of the western landscape. View a selection of his finest photographs, and enjoy an insightful text that captures the man as both an artist and a conservationist. Although Adams was a master of photographic technology, what makes his bold and dynamic pictures so powerful is his passion for nature and the Western panoramas. In elegant, subtle black-and-white he captured the grace and simplicity of pueblo life; the overwhelming magnificence of the Grand Tetons; the incomparable beauty of Yellowstone Park, where Adams once worked as a custodian for the Sierra Club; the remarkable, almost sculptural plants in Saguaro National Monument; and the awe-inspiring achievement that was Boulder Dam. A beautiful volume to treasure forever.

Ansel Adams

Barnes&Noble

A celebration of the art of two master artists of the Old West features ninety full-color and thirty black-and-white illustrations of Remington's and Russell's paintings of cattle drives, cowboys, and wagon caravans.

Remington & Russell and the Art of the American West

Arts & Photography

Smithmark

When Ansel Adams's father gave him his first camera at 14, the greatness of Adams's artistry was yet to come, but his love for the West was sparked on a family trip that same year to the Yosemite Valley, where young Ansel discovered a profound connection between what he saw around him and that magical machine called a Kodak "Brownie." This volume collects some of the finest Ansel Adams black-and-white images of the Western landscape taken throughout his career -- scenes of the Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, the Grand Tetons, the Rocky Mountains, and Yellowstone, images of the Navajo and the Pueblo, and more. The text insightfully chronicles Ansel Adams's photography career, beginning with a job as a custodian for the Sierra Club and his influential and remarkable work for that organization; through his burgeoning professional years under his mentor, Paul Strand, and his collaboration with colleagues Georgia O'Keeffe, Alfred Stieglitz, and Edward Weston; to his work for the Department of the Interior, the Museum of Modern Art, and his efforts on behalf of the environment; to the many honors he receivied up to his death in 1984, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom awarded to him by President Carter in 1979. Fittingly, Mt. Ansel Adams was officially named in the Yosemite National Park in 1985 in tribute to the man who loved and captured it so well. The West loses none of its grandeur in black and white, but takes on a poetic dimension in Ansel's hands. This book is a fitting tribute to the creator of some of the most beautiful and arresting images of the American landscape. 9 1/4" x 12 1/2".

Ansel Adams --2008 publication.

Individual Artists

Unknown

John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) was the most sought after society portrait painter of his era with his glamorous style influenced by Velazquez and the Impressionists. Though best known for his grand scale works in oil, he was also a highly skilled water colorist.

JOHN SINGER SARGENT

History & Criticism

JG Press

N.C. Wyeth

Leefung Printers LImited

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GRANT WOOD

A light blue cover with two women in long dresses sitting and talking.

American Watercolors

Winslow Homer

New York, N. Y.: Crescent Books, 1990

Grant Wood

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Magna Books

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