The intelligence of forms: An artist collects African art

Catalog of an exhibition of the Jean Willy Mestach collection of African Art, held at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Oct. 5 to Nov. 24, 1991 and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Dec. 21, 1991 to Mar. 22, 1992. 141 pages including illustrations (most color) & maps.

The Intelligence of Forms: An Artist Collects African Art

Maurer, Evan M.

Arts & Photography

Minneapolis Inst of Arts

The catalog for an exhibit touring Minneapolis, St. Louis, and Omaha during 1993. Presents over 300 representations by Plains Indians of daily routines, acts of personal bravery, spirituality, and other topics of importance. Five essays survey the historical context and particular artistic genres and themes. No index. Oversized: 11.75" wide. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Visions of the People: A Pictorial History of Plains Indian Life

History & Criticism

The internationally acclaimed European tapestry collection in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts comprises forty-one pieces designed and woven between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries, representing all the major tapestry-weaving centers - Flanders, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and Norway. European Tapestry in The Minneapolis Institute of Arts is the first complete documentation of this outstanding and unusually varied collection. Candace Adelson is a leading European-tapestry scholar and the author of numerous articles and exhibition catalogue texts. In this book she describes in detail how European tapestry was created and marketed, explains the techniques of tapestry weaving, and defines technical terms. Then she analyzes the Institute's pieces individually, exploring in depth each tapestry's subject, symbolism, history, and design and listing related works. The result is an invaluable record of a fragile legacy. Everyone interested in learning more about Western culture and the fascinating world of European tapestry will find this extensively researched, lucidly written, and abundantly illustrated catalogue enlightening.

European Tapestry: In the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Adelson, Candace J.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

James Tissot: Catalogue Raisonne of His Prints

Wentworth, Michael J.

The Art of Japanese Screen Painting: Selections from the Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Jacobsen, Robert D.

Photographs Beget Photographs

Peterson, Christian A.

Photography & Video

The American Craftsman and the European Tradition, 1620-1820

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Puig, Francis J.

Antiques & Collectibles

Treasures of Venice: Paintings from the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest

Keyes, George S.

Garas, Klára

Sohm, Philip L.

Lavishly printed in full color, this exhibition catalogue features over 300 spectacular examples of netsuke carvers' art. Chapters elucidate the historical development and extraordinary breadth of netsuke production with examples from as early as the 17th century to contemporary works by living artists. Matthew Welch, Associate Curator of Asian Art at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and Sharen Chappell, former president of the International Netsuke Society, discuss iconography, technique and artistic style of each work. All netsuke were selected from the private collections of the International Netsuke Society members, and many have never been published or publicly exhibited.

Netsuke: The Japanese Art of Miniature Carving

Minneapolis Institute Of Arts

Welch, Matthew

Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art

Chappell, Sharen

This major exhibition presents over 160 oil paintings, watercolors and woodblock prints by eight artists from a single family spanning four generations and over 100 years. Featured artists include Kasaburo Yoshida, Hiroshi Yoshida, Toshi Yoshida, Hodaka Yoshida, and the Yoshida women: Fujio, Chizuko, Kiso, and Ayomi, with approximately 20 oil paintings, 15 watercolors, and 100 woodblock prints, several sketchbooks, and other supporting photographs. These fine works are drawn from both public and private collections, most notably The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the Toledo Museum of Art, Margaret and Eugene Skibbe (Minneapolis), the Tokyo National Museum, The Fukuoka Art Museum, and the Yoshida family. 
The catalogue features essays by Koichi Yasunaga, chief curator at the Fukuoka Art Museum, Kendall Brown, professor at California State, Long Beach, Laura W. Allen of San Francisco, Eugene M. Skibbe of Minneapolis and Matthew Welch, curator of Japanese art at The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. They provide new insights into each artist as well as a broad view of major issues confronting Japanese art in the late 19th and 20th century. The unique perspective of a single family also offers a rare opportunity to examine how family ties impact artistic creation.

A Japanese Legacy: Four Generations of Yoshida Family Artists

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