American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Works by Artists Born 1816-1847: v. 2 - Hardcover

The Detroit Institute of Arts in America holds a collection of American art of the 18th through early-20th centuries, an overview of American aesthetic achievement. This is the second of three volumes to be published and is comprehensively illustrated.

The Detroit Institute of Arts, one of America's great museums, holds one of the finest collections of American art of the 18th through early 20th centuries, a magnificent overview of the nation's aesthetic achievement. In 1991 Hudson Hills Press published the first of a projected three-volume catalogue of this collection. Now it is joined by an equally splendid volume devoted to work of the next generation, including such masterpieces as Church's Cotopaxi, Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, landscapes by Bierstadt and Heade, portraits by Cassatt and Eakins, and several works by Homer. It also features paintings by Duncanson, Gifford, Johnson, Kensett, Moran, Ryder, Vedder, and many lesser-known artists.American Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: Volume II includes a full biography of each artist and a comprehensive entry on each painting, all prepared by a team of eminent scholars.