Earl Cunningham : painting an American Eden

Author

Hobbs, Robert; Hartigan, Lynda Roscoe (Author of introductory parts)

Document type

Livre

Language

English

Source

ill. (some col.); bibliogr.; index ; 140 p. ; 1994

ISBN

0-8109-3189-3

Publisher

H.N. Abrams, New York (usa)

Publication country

United States

Abstract (en)

Hobbs states: "This book on the art of Earl Cunningham (1893-1977)--a marine painter working mostly in Maine and Florida from the teens to the 1970s--will examine his not-so-simple vernacular art from a number of contexts, including the artist's personal world, the realm of intuitive art, and mainstream culture. Rather than segregating his Edenic views into a separate realm where they can mainly be appreciated as charming and idiosyncratic, this study will examine them in relation to some of the major historical and cultural debates of their time: the significance of belief in a country attuned to skepticism, American isolationist views versus the country's international commitments, and the role of the past in a culture dedicated to both the present and the future." Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition organized by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1800-1945 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- United States
• Cunningham, Earl, 1893-1977
• Painting
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Folk art
• Marine subjects
• Exhibitions
• High Museum of Art||Atlanta (GA, USA)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1800-1945 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- États-Unis
• Cunningham, Earl, 1893-1977
• Peinture
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Populaire (art)
• Marine
• Exposition
• High Museum of Art||Atlanta (GA, USA)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347262

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