Delaware Art History (original) (raw)
Delaware Art History
with an emphasis on representational art
(above: Howard Pyle, The Mermaid, 1910, oil on canvas, 57.8 x 40.1 inches, 1940: given to Delaware Art Museum by the children of Howard Pyle in memory of their mother, Anne Poole Pyle. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Introduction
This section of the Traditional Fine Arts Organization (TFAO) catalogue Topics in American Art is devoted to the topic "Delaware Art History." Articles and essays specific to this topic published in TFAO's Resource Library are listed at the beginning of the section. Clicking on titles takes readers directly to the articles and essays.
Following the links to _Resource Library_articles and essays are a listing of museums in the state which have provided materials to Resource Library for this or any other topic.
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(above: Frank Schoonover, Hopalong Takes Command, 1905, oil on canvas, 30 x 20 inches, Delaware Art Museum, 1942: bequeathed to Delaware Art Museum by Joseph Bancroft. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Resource Libraryessays listed by author name in alphabetical order, followed by articles:
Vista and Vision: The Delaware Scene (6/4/99)
Museums and other non-profit sources of Resource Library articles and essays:
(above: exterior, Delaware Art Museum, photo by John Hazeltine © 2000. Click on image to enlarge it.)
Other online information:
Delaware (sampling of artists and works connected to state) from askArt. Accessed August, 2015.
Look to the Land - A Mary Putman Retrospective is a 2019 exhibit at the Delaware Contemporary which says: "In this 50-year retrospective, long-time Delawarean artist Mary Putman draws on the visual language of rural Delaware to communicate farming practices, memory, and melancholic reverie. This retrospective features paintings created over four decades that reflect her years of observing the landscape as a means to explore the significance, traditions, and rituals of farming." Also see website of artist. Accessed 8/20
Recognizing Delaware: Artistic Assets from the Wilmington Trust Collection was an exhibition held at the Delaware History Museum from April 28 through September 1, 2001; from Delaware Historical Society
Rehoboth Art League history from Rehoboth Art League. Accessed August, 2015.
Rehoboth Beach Colony from AskArt.com
(above: (above: Maude Drein Bryant,Calendulas and Asters, c. 1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
(above: Gideon Jacques Denny, Brigantine William G. Irwin off Diamond Head, 1896, oil on canvas, 25.7 x 41.2 inches, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Books, listed by year of publication, with most recently published book listed first:
Almost Forgotten: Delaware Women Artists and Arts Patrons 1900-1950, By Jann Haynes Gilmore, Janice Haynes Gilmore, Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art, First USA Riverfront Arts Center, Rehoboth Art League (Rehoboth Beach, Del.) Published 2002. Biggs Museum of American Art. Women artists. 64 pages. ISBN:1893287025
_Outdoor Sculpture in Wilmington,_By Robert T Silver, Leigh Frederick, Wilmington Arts Commission. Published by Wilmington Arts Commission, 1987. 70 pages
Artists in Wilmington 1890 - 1940, by Delaware Art Museum. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, (1980). ASIN: B000PSX518
Delaware: A Guide to the First State, Page 141 By Delaware Federal Writers' Project, Federal Writers' Project. Published by US History Publishers, 1976. ISBN 1603540083, 9781603540087. 562 pages. (Google Books full view)
_PORTRAITS IN DELAWARE, 1700-1850,_Published by Delaware Art Center, 1958. 4 pages
History of Art in Delaware, By Jessie C. Rockwell. Published by s.n, 1947. 14 pages. "Reprinted from Delaware, a history of the first state, H. Clay Reed, ed., Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., New York, 1947 Source: Google Books
(above: Jefferson David Chalfant,The Clockmaker,1899, oil on copper, 13 1/8 x 9 1/2 inches, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons*)
Articles:
Jann Haynes Gilmore: "Delaware Women Artists: 1900-1950"American Art Review March-April 2002 (Volume XIV, Number 2)
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