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Janice Driesbach
Oakland, CA:
University of California Press in association with Oakland Museum of California, 1998.
148 pp.;
75 color ills.;
50 b/w ills.
Cloth
$50.00
(0520214323)
Exhibition schedule: Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, June 20–Sept. 13, 1998; National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., October 30, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, June 20–Sept. 13, 1998–Mar 7, 1999; Bowers Museum of Cultural Art, Santa An Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, June 20–Sept. 13, a, Calif., April 17–June 6, 1999
Art of the Gold Rush, a book that accompanies an exhibition of the same name, sets out to present the impact of the gold rush on the northern California art scene. The authors' stated aim was to depict the era in works of art selected both for their visualization of gold rush themes, and for their intrinsic aesthetic quality. The project is a fascinating one, linking the influx of miners and artists with the rise in appreciation of the fine arts in San Francisco and Sacramento. The exhibition and book present more than genre paintings of the gold rush, extending…
Full Review
March 15, 1999
Joanna R. Barnes and J. Patrice Marandel
Pennsylvania State University Press in association with American Federation of Arts, 1994.
191 pp.;
92 color ills.;
51 b/w ills.
Paper
$35.00
(0812232755)
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, N.C., October 14–December 11, 1994; Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Fla.; Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock; Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta; Dahesh Museum, New York, September 22, 1998–January 2, 1999
The Dahesh Museum in New York was the latest venue for an exhibition titled French Oil Sketches and the Academic Tradition, organized by the American Federation of the Arts and previously shown, in a more expanded version, at the Mint Museum, the Society of the Four Arts, the Arkansas Art Center, and the Michael C. Carlos Museum at Emory University. The exhibition was composed entirely of works from a single private collection that is on long-term loan to the University Art Museum in Albuquerque.
Perfectly suited to the Dahesh Museum, both for its size and its theme, this exhibition…
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January 28, 1999
Vincent Pomarede and Arlette Serullaz
Exh. cat.
Thames and Hudson, 1998.
408 pp.;
250 b/w ills.
$65.00
(0500092753)
Grand Palais, Paris, April 7–July 20, 1998; Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 15, 1998–January 3, 1999
"I am in that phase of life when the tumult of the mad passions does not mingle with the delightful emotions which works of art give to me. I don't know the meaning of dusty papers and hateful occupations, which is what almost all human beings must devote themselves to; instead of thinking of business, I think only of Rubens and Mozart: my great business, for a week, is the memory of an aria or a picture. I go to my work as others hasten to their mistress, and when I leave it, I carry away into my solitude or…
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January 28, 1999
Judith Barter
Exh. cat.
Art Institute of Chicago in association with Harry N. Abrams, 1998.
320 pp.;
100 color ills.;
200 b/w ills.
$65.00
(0810940892)
Art Institute of Chicago, October 10, 1998–January 10, 1999; Museum of Fine Art, Boston, February 14–May 9, 1999; National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 6–September 6, 1999
Not surprisingly, the public flocked to see the well-conceived Mary Cassatt exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, standing in line to buy calendars, posters, refrigerator magnets, and coffee cups adorned with her beloved images. Yet the exhibition curator, Judith Barter, intentionally downplayed the sentimental side of Cassatt, opting instead to show her evolution as a "modern" artist. Ninety key works, including paintings, pastels, drawings, and prints, highlighted Cassatt's progress from a young artist studying in Europe to her acceptance as a member of the Parisian avant-garde. Loosely following this basic chronology, each of the seven galleries was organized around…
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January 28, 1999
