Items related to American Frontier Life; Early Western Painting and...
Synopsis
Introduction by Peter H. Hassrick. Bound in the publisher's original rust cloth with the spine stamped in gilt.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
From Publishers Weekly
Trappers, emigrants, adventurers and traders were elevated into ideal frontier types in 19th century American painting. The picturesque sentimentality of much of this art is on display in a traveling exhibiton documented by this album. However, the catalogue is interesting for a number of reasons. Besides stalwarts like George Caleb Bingham, Alfred Jacob Miller and George Catlin, the volume includes several less well-known painters. One of them, Charles Deas, lived among the Indians and portrayed their lives with deep feeling. Essays document the role that popular lithographs played in transmitting frontier images to a broad audience. A handful of the pictures are valuable as an ethnographic record of vanishing folkways. The text also demonstrates that writers such as Washington Irving and James Fenimore Cooper influenced the painters' pioneer vision.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This is the catalog of a traveling exhibition of Western American paintings and prints executed mostly during the first half of the 19th century. Here again are familiar figures like Catlin, Miller, Stanley, Bingham, et al., but in a slightly different context: they are presented as ethnographers who use narrative paintings, and lithographs of those paintings, to report on life in a land far from the Eastern consumers of these images. The authors of the seven essays commissioned by the Amon Carter Museum and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center also make an effort to relate the images to literary reportage of the same time and place. Recommended. Raymond L. Wilson, formerly with Humanities Dept., San Francisco State Univ.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherAmon Carter; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Abbeville Press
- Publication date1987
- ISBN 10 0896596915
- ISBN 13 9780896596917
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages202
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 65.84
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
American Frontier Life : Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Abbeville Press, Incorporated, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. 1st. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 1165837-75
Quantity: 2 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life - Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # mon0003430379
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life - Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Wonder Book, Frederick, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included. Seller Inventory # O05B-01501
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life; Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Amon Carter; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Abbeville Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.1. Seller Inventory # G0896596915I4N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life; Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Amon Carter; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Abbeville Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.1. Seller Inventory # G0896596915I3N00
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life; Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Amon Carter; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Abbeville Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.1. Seller Inventory # G0896596915I4N10
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life; Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Amon Carter; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Abbeville Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 3.1. Seller Inventory # G0896596915I4N01
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life; Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Amon Carter; Buffalo Bill Historical Center; Abbeville Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
Seller: Irish Booksellers, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Good. SHIPS FROM USA. Used books have different signs of use and do not include supplemental materials such as CDs, Dvds, Access Codes, charts or any other extra material. All used books might have various degrees of writing, highliting and wear and tear and possibly be an ex-library with the usual stickers and stamps. Dust Jackets are not guaranteed and when still present, they will have various degrees of tear and damage. All images are Stock Photos, not of the actual item. book. Seller Inventory # 26-0896596915-G
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life - Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Univ of North Carolina Pr, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: First Landing Books & Arts, Virginia Beach, VA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. Very Good hardcover. Oblong 4to measuring 10 by 10 inches. 202pp including index and photo credits Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 57373
Quantity: 1 available
Stock Image
American Frontier Life: Early Western Painting and Prints
Published by
Abbeville Press, 1987
ISBN 10: 0896596915
ISBN 13: 9780896596917
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Seller: Browse Awhile Books, Tipp City, OH, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Issued in conjunction with the exhibition organized by the 1987/88 Amon Carter Museum and the Buffalo Bill Historical Center. Ex-library with usual markings, none external. Card pocket residue on rear free end paper. Seller Inventory # 1155614
Quantity: 1 available