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Paperback. An introduction to the Cummer Museum of Art's significant new collection of Seminole works by the American artist Eugene Savage. Num Pages: 64 pages, 48 Colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 183 x 7. Weight in Grams: 184.
Eugene Savage: The Seminole Paintings is a colourful introduction to an American artist best known today as a muralist with the Works Progress Administration. Eugene Savage (1883-1978) first visited the Florida Everglades in the 1930's, became enchanted with the local Seminole Indian tribe and spent the next 20 years depicting them. Savages's paintings, drawings, and watercolours not only document the Seminoles, they are also important works of art in their own right. Each presents Seminole traditions, threatened by encroachment on the Everglades, in an artistic manner reminiscent of Surrealist dreamscapes and Art Deco sensibilities. Although Savage's series is perhaps the ... Read more
Eugene Savage: The Seminole Paintings is a colourful introduction to an American artist best known today as a muralist with the Works Progress Administration. Eugene Savage (1883-1978) first visited the Florida Everglades in the 1930's, became enchanted with the local Seminole Indian tribe and spent the next 20 years depicting them. Savages's paintings, drawings, and watercolours not only document the Seminoles, they are also important works of art in their own right. Each presents Seminole traditions, threatened by encroachment on the Everglades, in an artistic manner reminiscent of Surrealist dreamscapes and Art Deco sensibilities. Although Savage's series is perhaps the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781904832997
SKU
V9781904832997
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About Elizabeth Heuer
Dr. Elizabeth Heuer is an Assistant Professor of Art History at the University of North Florida. She received her PhD from Florida State University in 2008. Her research interests focus on modern American visual culture. Most recently, Heuer has contributed essays to Postcards: Ephemeral Histories of Modernity (2010).
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