John Lewis Krimmel: Genre Artist of the Early Republic
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268 pages; 358 images in color and in b&w. "America's first genre painter." Winterthur has in its library seven of Krimmel's sketchbooks containing about 700 drawings. These were used with his fin...
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268 pages; 358 images in color and in b&w. "America's first genre painter." Winterthur has in its library seven of Krimmel's sketchbooks containing about 700 drawings. These were used with his finished works to trace his development. Many of the drawings are used to support the author's text. Small rubber stamp of the previous owner on the front pastedown, otherwise "as new".
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John Lewis Krimmel (1786-1821), a German emigrant who worked in Philadelphia between 1809 and 1821, was initially influenced by David Wilkie, William Hogarth, and Benjamin West. In this authoritative examination, Harding traces the development of the artist through his sketchbook images and oil paintings. Seven sketchbooks now in the library at Winterthur contain approximately 700 separate drawings, ranging from quick pencil sketches to finished watercolor pictures, and are the key to reconstructing Krimmel's conceptual processes. When compared, they show clear distinctions in subject matter and drawing style, commensurate with the stylistic development evident in his paintings. Harding places Krimmel's specialty, genre art, in an international context by discussing his work in terms of larger stylistic trends and defines his use of democratic and moralizing themes within the political and social changes affecting Philadelphia and the Continent.Product Info
ISBN: 0912724250
ISBN-13: 9780912724256
Publisher: A Winterthur Book
Year: 1994
Type: Used
Binding: Hardcover
First Edition
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