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Robert Henri : his life and art / by Bennard B. Perlman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Dover books on fine artPublication details: New York : Dover Publications, 1991.Description: xv, 176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0486267229
  • 9780486267227
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.13 B 20
LOC classification:
  • ND237.H5 P4 1991
Online resources:
Contents:
Robert Henri as characterized by his associates and students -- Introduction -- Family ties -- Growing up in the west -- Murder and a new life -- Student days in Philadelphia -- An American in Paris -- Impressionism and Venice -- Return to America: new friendships -- Abroad again: the palette darkens -- Marriage and exhibition success -- The New York scene -- The artist-teacher fashions a following -- Tragedy and a new beginning -- Confrontation and leadership -- "The eight" and a well-kept secret -- The independent movement and conspiracy -- The Armory show and beyond -- Appendix I: The teachings of Robert Henri: the Alice Klauber manuscript -- Appendix II: A checklist of paintings by Robert Henri in public collections -- Appendix III: Chronology of Robert Henri's life and art.
Summary: A compelling new biography of the founder of the "Ashcan School," tracing Henri's life and art from his boyhood to his rise as an influential painter, teacher and activist in the politics of art, and astutely appraising his pivotal role in the transition in American art from 19th-century academicism to 20th-century self-expression.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks ND 238 .H5P4 1991 Available 33710001191498

Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-168) and index.

Robert Henri as characterized by his associates and students -- Introduction -- Family ties -- Growing up in the west -- Murder and a new life -- Student days in Philadelphia -- An American in Paris -- Impressionism and Venice -- Return to America: new friendships -- Abroad again: the palette darkens -- Marriage and exhibition success -- The New York scene -- The artist-teacher fashions a following -- Tragedy and a new beginning -- Confrontation and leadership -- "The eight" and a well-kept secret -- The independent movement and conspiracy -- The Armory show and beyond -- Appendix I: The teachings of Robert Henri: the Alice Klauber manuscript -- Appendix II: A checklist of paintings by Robert Henri in public collections -- Appendix III: Chronology of Robert Henri's life and art.

A compelling new biography of the founder of the "Ashcan School," tracing Henri's life and art from his boyhood to his rise as an influential painter, teacher and activist in the politics of art, and astutely appraising his pivotal role in the transition in American art from 19th-century academicism to 20th-century self-expression.