John White Alexander

Author : Sarah J. Moore
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
ISBN 13 : 9780874137965
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity written by Sarah J. Moore and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moreover, it provides a broad picture of the historical, political, cultural, and aesthetic context in which Alexander's works in particular, and those of his cosmopolitan colleagues in general, were produced and discussed."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Mary Anne Goley
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781781300602
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John White Alexander written by Mary Anne Goley and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2018-02-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the time of his death, the Pittsburgh-born John White Alexander (1856-1915) was an internationally recognized portrait painter, on a part with his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and William Merritt Chase. However the works that have earned him even greater acclaim than his portraits are his figure paintings of femmes fatales, usually richly attired in flowing dresses and striking elaborate poses. Alexander had been much in demand as a portraitist, both of men and children as well as women, but his real talent, which became evident relatively late in his career, lay in his ability to capture the essence of the female form. This talent blossomed after he encountered Juliette Very, the Parisian model who became his muse. Inspired by Juliette, his paintings are imbued with sentiment expressed through movement and gesture, and it was the portrayal of his models in this way that brought him fame. He also borrowed from the post-impressionist group of painters, the Nabis' use of bold abstract forms and flowing lines, and from James McNeil Whistler's muted coloration, to create his own unique style.

Author : John White Alexander
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of Paintings, John White Alexander Memorial Exhibition written by John White Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John White Alexander
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by John White Alexander written by John White Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mary Anne Goley
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
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Download or read book John White Alexander (1856-1915) written by Mary Anne Goley and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John White Alexander
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Total Pages : 52 pages
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Download or read book John White Alexander, 1856-1915 written by John White Alexander and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sales catalog of paintings from the estate of John White Alexander. Includes some paintings which are not for sale.

Author : American Academy of Arts and Letters
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Commemorative Tributes to John White Alexander written by American Academy of Arts and Letters and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sarah J. Moore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611492187
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John White Alexander and the Construction of National Identity written by Sarah J. Moore and published by . This book was released on 2003-04-01 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Moore positions the work of American artist John White Alexander at the intersection of the shifting discourse of nationalism in American art at the turn of the twentieth century. The book addresses the dynamic search for and definition of national identity through a careful examination of the institutional complexes in which Alexander worked and exhibited.

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Publisher : NewSouth Books
ISBN 13 : 9781588384324
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing Moods written by and published by NewSouth Books. This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Changing Moods is the second photography collection from John Dersham, who previously released My Alabama in celebration of the state's bicentennial. Changing Moods is a celebration of the art of photography, an appreciation of subjects both incredible and mundane, and a retrospective of a successful artistic career.

Author : Maria Peitcheva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781540715944
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book John White Alexander: Colour Plates written by Maria Peitcheva and published by . This book was released on 2016-11-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John White Alexander (1856 -1915) was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator. He began his career in New York in 1875 as a political cartoonist and illustrator for Harper's Weekly. In 1877 he went to Paris for his first formal art training, and then to Munich. His first exhibition in the Paris Salon of 1893 was a brilliant success. By 1894 his reputation in both Europe and America had soared, and in 1895 he was awarded a prestigious commission for a series of murals entitled the Evolution of the Book in the newly established Library of Congress in Washington, DC.Alexander's stylistic development falls into several distinct stages. His early landscapes and genre scenes of the 1870s bear the stamp of realism. His fluid brushwork resembled that of Frans Hals and Diego Vel�zquez, painters he deeply admired. After his return to the USA in 1881, he favored a more limited palette and experimented with the suggestion of mood through shadow and gesture. Many of his later portraits, notably of women, were psychological studies rather than specific likenesses. His brushwork became less painterly and more concerned with suggesting abstracted shapes. He also adopted a very coarse-weave canvas, the texture of which became an important element in his mature work. Throughout his career Alexander favored compositions with a single figure placed against a sharply contrasting background.