Author: Anderson, Nancy K. et al.
Title: George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings
Description: Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, 2008. Softcover. Color illus. wraps; 239 pp.; Profusely illustrated with color plates and color and bw figures. "George de Forest Brush (1854/1855-1941) created an important series of paintings of American Indians that was much celebrated in his time but has been seen rarely since. Brush combined extraordinary technical skills acquired during several years of training in the studio of Jean-Leon Gerome with firsthand experience living among the Arapahoe, Shoshone, and Crow Indians in Wyoming and Montana. This book, the first scholarly study of Brush's Indian paintings, features detailed discussions of individual paintings, interpretative essays exploring the historical and cultural context in which the paintings were produced, a comprehensive chronology, and lavish color reproductions of numerous paintings not shown publicly since the nineteenth century."--Jacket. Contents as follows: In choosing Indians as subjects-- /; Nancy K. Anderson --; Layered fiction : the Indian paintings /; Nancy K. Anderson --; Brush and the academic tradition /; James C. Boyles --; Living for art : Brush and his Indians /; Mary Lublin --; "A purpose in every stroke" : Brush's images of Indian artisanry /; Emily D. Shapiro --; Indians and "Indianicity" at the 1893 World's Fair /; Diane Dillon --; Catalogue --; Chronology. VG (Back cover slightly rubbed) .

Keywords: American Artists ; Brush, George de Forest ; ;


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