American Art 1908-1947: From Winslow Homer to Jackson Pollock

by Éric de Chassey, Éric de Chassey

A companion guide to the traveling exhibition organized through F.R.A.M.E.--a major artistic exchange program between the U.S. and France--presents a bold new look at American art, focusing on works from the first half of the twentieth century by such masters as Ansel Adams, Milton Avery, Georgia O'Keefe, and Grant Wood.

254 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 2002

About the author

Éric de Buretel de Chassey (born 1965, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.) is a French historian of French art, art critic, and professor of contemporary art history at François Rabelais University in Tours, France.

Born in the United States to French parents, Benoît de Buretel de Chassey (1941–2012) and Brit Michon du Marais (born 1943), he was raised in France. On 4 September 2009, he was named director of the French Academy in Rome, succeeding Frédéric Mitterrand. He has been married since 2013 to actress Anne Consigny

Reviews

[Martha · Rating 4 out of 5]

Written by French scholars, this gives a different perspective on American art which is usually reviewed by American critics. The book includes many American artists with whom I was not aware and previously unknown works from some of my favorite midwestern artists. You will see paintings, photographs, drawings, sketches and posters. A nice variety of landscapes, seascapes, portraits and architectural prints.