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Paint and Canvas

A Life of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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A Life of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

At the age of fourteen, a young man in Waveland, Indiana, had taken over the family farm after the death of his father. Now responsible for taking care of his widowed mother and supporting his four brothers, he took up the reins on the plow to begin preparing the field for planting. Family legend has it that the young farmer, Theodore Clement Steele, tied “colored ribbons to the handles of the plow so that he could watch the ribbons in the wind and the effect that they had on the [surrounding] colors.” Recognizing Steele’s passion for art, his mother supported his choice to make his living as an artist. T. C. Steele, the eighth volume in the Indiana Historical Society Press’s youth biography series, traces the path of Steele’s career as an artist from his early studies in Germany to his determination to paint what he knew best, the Indiana landscape. Steele, along with fellow artists William Forsyth, Otto Stark, Richard Gruelle, and J. Ottis Adams, became a member of the renowned Hoosier Group and became a leader in the development of Midwestern art.

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Indiana Historical Society

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0871953749

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9780871953742

The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

From Dark to Light

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

From Dark to Light

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

Felrath Hines (1913–1993), the first African American man to become a professional conservator for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, was born and raised in the segregated Midwest. Leaving their home in the South, Hines's parents migrated to Indianapolis with hopes for a better life. While growing up, Hines was encouraged by his seamstress mother to pursue his early passion for art by taking Saturday classes at Herron Art Institute in Indianapolis. He moved to Chicago in 1937, where he attended the Art Institute of Chicago in pursuit of his dreams. The Life and Art of Felrath Hines: From Dark to Light chronicles the life of this exceptional artist who overcame numerous obstacles throughout his career and refused to be pigeonholed because of his race. Author Rachel Berenson Perry tracks Hines's determination and success as a contemporary artist on his own terms. She explores Hines's life in New York City in the 1950s and 60s, where he created a close friendship with jazz musician Billy Strayhorn and participated in the African American Spiral Group of New York and the equal rights movement. Hines's relationship with Georgia O'Keeffe, as her private paintings restorer, and a lifetime of creating increasingly esteemed Modernist artwork, all tell the story of one man's remarkable journey in 20th-century America. Featuring exquisite color photographs, The Life and Art of Felrath Hines explores the artist's life, work, and significance as an artist and as an art conservator.

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449

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Indiana University Press

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ISBN 10

0253037344

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9780253037343

The House of the Singing Winds

The Life and Work of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry,Selma Neubacher Steele,Theodore L. Steele,Wilbur David Peat

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The House of the Singing Winds

The Life and Work of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry,Selma Neubacher Steele,Theodore L. Steele,Wilbur David Peat

T.C. Steele's appreciation of nature, combined with his intelligence and capacity for concentrated study, raised his works to an extraordinary level. This story of his life and work in the late 19th and early 20th centuries is an indispensible chapter in the art and cultural history of Indiana, the Midwest, and the nation. This revised edition of the 1966 classic includes 74 full color Steele paintings from the Indiana State Museum and Historic Sites, the Indiana University Museum of Art, and private collectors from around the state. These paintings, many of which have never been published, demonstrate the importance of Steele to the art world - in his time and in ours.

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Indiana Historical Society

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0871953986

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9780871953988

The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

From Dark to Light

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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Indiana University Press

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0253037336

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9780253037336

Paint and Canvas

A Life of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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Indiana Historical Society

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0871953749

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9780871953742

William J. Forsyth

The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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William J. Forsyth

The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

Closely associated with artists such as T. C. Steele and J. Ottis Adams, William J. Forsyth studied at the Royal Academy in Munich then returned home to paint what he knew best—the Indiana landscape. It proved a rewarding subject. His paintings were exhibited nationally and received major awards. With full-color reproductions of Forsyth's most important paintings and previously unpublished photographs of the artist and his work, this book showcases Forsyth's fearless experiments with artistic styles and subjects. Drawing on his personal letters and other sources, Rachel Berenson Perry discusses Forsyth and his art and offers fascinating insights into his personality, his relationships with his students, and his lifelong devotion to teaching and educating the public about the importance of art.

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173

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Indiana University Press

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0253011779

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9780253011770

Bernard Berenson

A Life in the Picture Trade

By: Rachel Cohen

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Bernard Berenson

A Life in the Picture Trade

By: Rachel Cohen

Few would have predicted that Bernard Berenson, from a poor Lithuanian Jewish immigrant family, would rise above poverty. Yet Berenson left his crowded home near Boston's railyards and transformed himself into the world's most renowned expert on Italian Renaissance paintings, the owner of a beautiful villa and an immense private library in the hills outside Florence. The explosion of the Gilded Age art market and Berenson's work for dealer Joseph Duveen supported a luxurious life, but it came with painful costs: Berenson hid his origins and, though his attributions remain foundational, felt that he had betrayed his gifts as a critic and interpreter of paintings. This finely drawn portrait of Berenson, the first biography devoted to him in a quarter century, draws on new archival materials that bring out the significance of his secret business dealings and the central importance of several women in his life and work: his sister Senda Berenson; his wife Mary Berenson; his patron Isabella Stewart Gardner; his lover Belle da Costa Greene; his dear friend Edith Wharton, and the companion of his last forty years, Nicky Mariano. Rachel Cohen explores Berenson's inner world and extraordinary visual capacity while also illuminating the historical forces-new capital, the developing art market, persistent anti-Semitism, and the two world wars-that profoundly affected his life"--

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344

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Yale University Press

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0300199147

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9780300199147

Barry Gealt, Embracing Nature

Landscape Paintings, 1988-2012

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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Barry Gealt, Embracing Nature

Landscape Paintings, 1988-2012

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

Barry Gealt's nature paintings, with their thick layers of pigment and saturated colors, evoke the drama of place—purple waves splashing over shell-pink sands, mossy rocks protruding among twisting water surfaces, the windless mists of Indiana mornings, and the hush and rustle of winter woods. This beautiful retrospective catalog presents forty of Gealt's works, mostly large oil-on-panel paintings, from 1985 through 2012. Rachel Berenson Perry traces Gealt's art-making life from his early experiments with figurative painting through the evolution of his abstract, forceful, almost sculptural landscape style. Perry also discusses Gealt's long career as a dedicated teacher and mentor to his many students in the painting program at Indiana University from 1969 until his retirement in 2007.

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Indiana University Press

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0253009650

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9780253009654

William J. Forsyth

The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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The Life and Work of an Indiana Artist

By: Rachel Berenson Perry

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Indiana University Press

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The House of the Singing Winds

The Life and Work of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry,Selma Neubacher Steele,Theodore L. Steele,Wilbur David Peat

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The Life and Work of T. C. Steele

By: Rachel Berenson Perry,Selma Neubacher Steele,Theodore L. Steele,Wilbur David Peat

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Indiana Historical Society

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0871953986

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9780871953988

Book's by Rachel Berenson Perry

Paint and Canvas

Paint and Canvas

The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

The House of the Singing Winds

The House of the Singing Winds

The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

The Life and Art of Felrath Hines

Paint and Canvas

Paint and Canvas

William J. Forsyth

William J. Forsyth

Bernard Berenson

Bernard Berenson

Barry Gealt, Embracing Nature

Barry Gealt, Embracing Nature

William J. Forsyth

William J. Forsyth

The House of the Singing Winds

The House of the Singing Winds

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