American Masterpieces

Singular Expressions of National Genius

By: John Wilmerding

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Hardcover | 27 June 2019

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American Masterpieces is a collection of Mr. Wilmerding's "Masterpiece" articles for The Wall Street Journal from 2006 through the present day. Each essay in the book analyzes the content and context of a great work of American art, featuring an image of the work discussed and an additional detail for consideration.

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"Boston publisher Godine has long championed fine bookmaking. Witness John Wilmerding's American Masterpieces: Singular Expressions of National Genius, a gathering of essays contributed to the Wall Street Journal by this distinguished former curator of American art at the National Gallery."-Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

"The pieces here assembled cover the full spectrum of American art, both in terms of genre - painting, sculpture, architecture, public monuments - and time period, ranging from the Colonial era through America's Gilded Age to modernism and the current moment. To be sure, boldface names like Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth are here, but there are also less well-known figures such as Robert S. Duncanson and Richard Caton Woodville... Besides John's encyclopedic knowledge of American art and culture what unites these essays is his ability to take readers to the heart of a work of art or an artist's intention in the most succinct yet penetrating prose."-Eric Gibson, Arts in Review Editor, The Wall Street Journal

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