The painter's triumph : William Sidney Mount and the formation of a middle-class art

Author

Oedel, William T.; Gernes, Todd S.

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Winterthur portfolio. 1988, Num. 2-3, Vol. 23, p. 111-127, 11 ill.

ISSN

0084-0416

Abstract (en)

Discusses the 1838 panel which Mount titled Artist Showing His Work (now known as The Painter's Triumph, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia) as the embodiment of Mount's philosophy of the function of art in American society.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
• Painting
• Painter's Triumph
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts||Philadelphia (PA, USA)
• United States
• 1800-1900
• Art theory
• Society
• Middle classes
• Genre
• Artists' studios
• Views

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Mount, William Sidney, 1807-1868
• Peinture
• Triomphe du peintre
• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts||Philadelphia (PA, USA)
• Etats-Unis
• 1800-1900
• Théorie de l'art
• Société
• Classe moyenne
• Sujet de genre
• Atelier d'artiste
• Vues

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19910101-00447128

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