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The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876
The quintessential guide to folk art in America, based on the landmark Whitney Museum exhibit of 1974, illustrates more than 400 outstanding examples of American craft, covering four major categories--painted, drawn, or stitched pictures; sculpture; architectural decoration; and decorated household objects. 400 b&w and full-color illustrations.
288 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1974
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March 2, 2019
An artist with no formal training is considered an folk artist and the interest in folk arts peaked in the mid nineteenth century. American Folk artists worked in the more settled colonies in the country. Anyone could be a folk artist: men whittled toys or pieced together metal weather-vanes ; school girls did their embroidery; sailors did scrimshaw; housewives did quilts and the Pennsylvania Germans decorated their birth, house and wedding records. It is an authentic expression of the American experience.
I was drooling over the beautiful and colorful artwork (over 400 photos) in the book “The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876” by authors: the late, folk art expert Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester. I especially loved the charming, primitive and sentimental pieces that they presented: textiles, woodcarvings, painted furniture, weather-vanes, tinware, watercolor paintings, and other artifacts. These colored pieces are decorated with flower garlands, fruits, trees, animals of all kinds, human figures and birds like peacocks, eagles and roosters. You can feel the pride that these artists must have felt doing their cherished art.
Author Jean (Herzberg) Lipman and her husband Howard were both devout collectors and major donors of American Folk Art. They developed their interest when they were new homeowners of a 18th century farmhouse in Wilton, Connecticut in 1935 and by 1942 Jean started writing the first of her 26 books mostly about folk art. Howard Lipman served as the chairman of the Whitman Museum of American Art. Jean Lipman was the editor of the magazine “American Art” for thirty years and she wrote many outstanding books on art. A book she wrote called “American Folk Painters of Three Centuries” is just wonderful and I can highly recommend it. Five colorful full stars.
I was drooling over the beautiful and colorful artwork (over 400 photos) in the book “The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876” by authors: the late, folk art expert Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester. I especially loved the charming, primitive and sentimental pieces that they presented: textiles, woodcarvings, painted furniture, weather-vanes, tinware, watercolor paintings, and other artifacts. These colored pieces are decorated with flower garlands, fruits, trees, animals of all kinds, human figures and birds like peacocks, eagles and roosters. You can feel the pride that these artists must have felt doing their cherished art.
Author Jean (Herzberg) Lipman and her husband Howard were both devout collectors and major donors of American Folk Art. They developed their interest when they were new homeowners of a 18th century farmhouse in Wilton, Connecticut in 1935 and by 1942 Jean started writing the first of her 26 books mostly about folk art. Howard Lipman served as the chairman of the Whitman Museum of American Art. Jean Lipman was the editor of the magazine “American Art” for thirty years and she wrote many outstanding books on art. A book she wrote called “American Folk Painters of Three Centuries” is just wonderful and I can highly recommend it. Five colorful full stars.
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