The Visual Arts in Washington, D.C.

A History Since 1900

Brett L. Abrams (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

318 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8702-5 (ISBN)

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The first comprehensive book about the Washington, DC region’s art world, this study features humorous and unique stories about the artists and art districts of one of the US’s most visited cities. Chapters are arranged by decade beginning with 1900.

The first comprehensive book about the Washington, D.C., art world, this study features humorous and unique stories about the artists and art districts of one of the U.S.'s most visited cities. The city's many firsts include are the first modern art museum, the first African-American gallery, and the first art fair. Important in the feminist art movement, it hosted the opening of the National Museum of Women in the Arts.

Chapters are arranged by decade beginning with 1900, and highlight trends in portraits and landscapes, galleries and museums, nonprofits, cooperatives, art fairs, family stories and the Artomatic experience.

Brett L. Abrams has written five books about sports, popular culture, and the Washington, D.C., region. He works as an electronic records archivist for the federal government in the nation's capital.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction: Washington’s Innovative Visual Arts Community

1. The 1900s: The Society of Washington Artists’ Portraits, Landscapes, and Still Lifes

2. The 1910s: Art as a Family Business

3. The 1920s: The Corcoran’s Successful-to-Failed Expansion

4. The 1920s Again: The Phillips, Continuity of Art

5. The 1930s: Little Galleries and Intimate Bookstores

6. The 1940s: The Cross-Pollinators, Franz Bader and Barnett-Aden

7. The 1950s: The Workshop Center of the Arts

Between pages 106 and 107 are 12 color plates containing 19 photographs

8. The 1960s: “The P Street Strip”

9. The 1970s: The Cooperatives and Entertainment Places in D.C.

10. The 1980s: The Seventh Street Promise

11. The 1990s: Two Gallery Clusters and Several Regional Nonprofits

12. The 2000s: Art-O-Matic and Democratic Art

13. The 2010s: The Triumph of the Art Fairs

14. The 2020s: Federal City Art

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	06.04.2022
Zusatzinfo	61 photos (19 in color), notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	567 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
ISBN-10	1-4766-8702-1 / 1476687021
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8702-5 / 9781476687025
Zustand	Neuware