Thomas Chambers - American Marine and Landscape Painter, 1808-1869

Informationen zum Autor Kathleen A. Foster is The Robert L. McNeil! Jr.! Senior Curator of American Art and Director of the Center for American Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. She is the author of Thomas Eakins Rediscovered and editor of A Drawing Manual by Thomas Eakins! both published by Yale. Klappentext Although his distinctive land- and seascapes appear in many American collections! little is known about this English-born painter! who arrived in New Orleans in 1832. This work shows! however! that far from being simply an itinerant painter of folk art! Thomas Chambers actually enjoyed a professional relationship to the art world. Zusammenfassung Although his distinctive land- and seascapes appear in many American collections! little is known about this English-born painter! who arrived in New Orleans in 1832. This work shows! however! that far from being simply an itinerant painter of folk art! Thomas Chambers actually enjoyed a professional relationship to the art world.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen A. Foster, Kathleen A. (Curator of American Art Foster, Foster Kathleen A.
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.09.2008
• EAN: 9780300141054
• ISBN: 978-0-300-14105-4
• No. of pages: 184
• Dimensions: 235 mm x 286 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Philadelphia Museum Of Art (Yale)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; USA, Folk Art, Decorative arts, ART / American / General, DESIGN / Decorative Arts, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, United States of America, USA, Folk, Folkloric styles