Arranged in encyclopedia format and based on the definitive collection of Texas art -- the paintings in the Witte Museum of the San Antonio Museum Association -- Art for History's Sake covers the period from 1845 to 1945. More than seventy artists are represented, with biographical entries arranged alphabetically. All of the important paintings are beautifully illustrated, and a provenance, with listings of exhibitions and publications in which they have appeared, is included. Thanks to Cecilia Steinfeldt's decades of ...
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Arranged in encyclopedia format and based on the definitive collection of Texas art -- the paintings in the Witte Museum of the San Antonio Museum Association -- Art for History's Sake covers the period from 1845 to 1945. More than seventy artists are represented, with biographical entries arranged alphabetically. All of the important paintings are beautifully illustrated, and a provenance, with listings of exhibitions and publications in which they have appeared, is included. Thanks to Cecilia Steinfeldt's decades of experience and research, Art for History's Sake will be the foundation on which future exhibitions, studies, and surveys of Texas art and artists will be based.
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VG/VG. Blue cloth with color illustrated dustjacket. 298 pp., With an Introduction by William H. Goetzmann. This book "is the definitive survey of Texas art and artists. Arranged in encyclopedia format, it covers more than a century of the most important Texas and Texas-related artists. Based on the most comprehensive collection of Texas art-the paintings in the Witte Museum of the San Antonio Museum Association-Art for History's Sake will be the new standard reference book on the subject for students, scholars, collectors and art lovers. Covering the period from 1845 to 1950, the collection is particularly rich in nineteenth-century Texas paintings, and this handsomely illustrated study of the collection will add a new dimension to the greater field of American Art". (Rear cover) Includes a corrected and greatly expanded index laid-in.
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New. 0876111169. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--356 pp. With 401 ills. (58 col. ). 31 x 24 cm. --with a bonus offer--