American Impressionist: Childe Hassam and the Isles of Shoals
- 作者
- 出版社 Yale University Press
- 出版时间 2016年6月
- ISBN 0300217315 或 9780300217315
- 定价 221.00
内容简介
AnexplorationofthefascinatingconnectionsbetweentheIslesofShoalsandthebeautifulpaintingsthatChildeHassamcreatedthereChildeHassam(1859-1935)wastheforemostAmericanimpressionistofhisgeneration.Prolificinoilpaintingsandwatercolors,hefoundhisnativeNewEnglandtobeatouchstoneforhisart.HassamhadafascinationwithAppledore,thelargestislandoftheIslesofShoalsoffthecoastofMaineandNewHampshire,andhetraveledtherealmosteverysummerforthirtyyears.ThisfascinatingbooktracesHassam'sartisticexplorationofAppledoreandrevealsacomplexportraitoftheislandcreatedovertime.JohnW.Coffey,workingwiththemarinebiologistHalWeeks,revisitsHassam'spaintingsites,identifyingwhere,what,andhowtheartistpaintedontheisland.KathleenM.Burnsideconsiderstherangeoftheartist'sstylisticresponsestotheisland'snature.AphotoessaybyAlexandradeSteiguerrevealsAppledore'senduringbeauty.
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