Nineteenth Century American Painting
New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1970. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #2328355
ISBN: 0399105840
First edition. scratches on rear jacket panel,
256 pp. With 230 reproductions, including 60 in color. Although Mr. Flexner concedes the charm and talents of the naive artists of the period--in particular Porter, Hicks, Field and Elmer--he challenges the widely held view that they were more "American" than more sophisticated painters or, indeed, genuine folk artists. He finds much to admire in those artists of Indian life and the frontier: Catlin, Bodmer and Miller.
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