Book Description
A gallery of Newport elite and its haute bourgeoisie. Artists represented range from the great colonial portraitists, Gilbert Stuart, Robert Feke, and John Singleton Copley to such modern figures as Diego Rivera, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol.
From the Publisher
8 x 10 trim. 196 illus. (159 color, 13 silhouettes). LC 99-044802
About the Author
EILEEN WARBURTON, author of In Living Memory: A Chronicle of Newport, Rhode Island, 1888 - 1988 (1988), provides a significant retrospective for the portraits in the context of Newport's history. JUDITH SOBEL introduces the book, and CORA LEE GIBBS briefly annotates each of the paintings. Both are past directors of the Museum.
Newportraits FROM THE PUBLISHER
A gallery of Newport elite and its haute bourgeoisie. Artists represented range from the great colonial portraitists, Gilbert Stuart, Robert Feke, and John Singleton Copley to such modern figures as Diego Rivera, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol.
SYNOPSIS
A gallery of Newport elite and its haute bourgeoisie. Artists represented range from the great colonial portraitists, Gilbert Stuart, Robert Feke, and John Singleton Copley to such modern figures as Diego Rivera, Larry Rivers, and Andy Warhol.
FROM THE CRITICS
There is a fascinating subtlety about Newportraits that is slow to impact but eventually overwhelms . . . The reproduction quality of the art is superb . . . Writer Warburton and former museum directors Sobel and Gibbs deserve high praise for this delightful album of and for Americans.
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