"American Naive Paintings the Collection of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue" by Deborah Chotner with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. Published by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC and Cambridge University Press; 1992; illustrated.

Hard boards, original cloth with gold lettering on front board and spine; large and heavy: 8.3/4" x 11.1/2"; 688 pages; very good condition.

"This is a beautiful art book. There are 150 color reproductions and 171 halftones. The reproductions are mostly half-page or larger and the portraits full page. Reproductions are clear and the paper is of high quality. Many of these painting are as good as anything by artists such as Monet. Pay whatever you must for this magnificent volume." [a private review]

"Artists with little or no formal training contributed significantly to our nation's cultural patrimony. Some three hundred American naive paintings in the Gallery's collection--many of which are here published for the first time--are discussed. Depictions of farmyards, prizefights, steam and sailing ships, portraits of children, and Edward Hicks' allegory of the Peaceable Kingdom document the aspirations and sentiments of a growing nation.

The American naive paintings at the National Gallery of Art have long been appreciated as wonderfully appealing, and in some cases visually stunning, works of art. Yet with the exception of those paintings by important, known artists such as Erastus Field or Edward Hicks, few had been studied thoroughly. Whereas other volumes of the systematic catalogue build upon decades, sometimes centuries, of scholarship, many of the more than 300 pictures included here are now published for the first time. The research presented here reveals much about the growth of the United States, its centers of commerce a century and a half ago, the pathways for the spread of visual ideas in the 19th century, and the aspirations and sentiments of the middle class. The majority of the works included originated in the northeastern United States during the 19th century."

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