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James Fitzgerald : the drawings and sketches : selections from the Catalogue raisonné, volume 1 / Robert L. Stahl, the James Fitzgerald Legacy, Monhegan Museum of Art & History

Catalog Data

Author:
Stahl, Robert L.  Search this
Artist:
Fitzgerald, James 1899-1971 Works Selections  Search this
Editor:
Teegarden, Lucie  Search this
Author of foreword:
Deci, Edward L.  Search this
Writer of supplementary textual content:
Robertson, Bruce 1955-  Search this
Sherry, Karen A.  Search this
Publisher:
Monhegan Museum  Search this
Printer:
Penmor Lithographers (Firm)  Search this
Designer:
Mahan Design  Search this
Subject:
Fitzgerald, James 1899-1971 Criticism and interpretation  Search this
Fitzgerald, James 1899-1971 Themes, motives  Search this
Fitzgerald, James 1899-1971  Search this
Physical description:
339 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, photographs, maps ; 23 x 31 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
Essays
Catalogues raisonnés
Criticism, interpretation, etc
Place:
Maine
Monhegan Island
Date:
2017
20th century
Contents:
Foreword / Edward L. Deci -- Preface / Robert L. Stahl -- Framing Fitzgerald / E. Bruce Robertston -- Fitzgerald's Philosophy and Practice of Art / Robert L. Stahl -- James Fitzgerald and the Art of Drawing / Karen A. Sherry -- Early Work in New England / Robert L. Stahl -- Voyages at Sea: The North Atlantic / Robert L. Stahl -- Portraits 1920s-1940s / Robert L. Stahl -- Nudes / Robert L. Stahl -- New York City / Robert L. Stahl -- Monhegan / Robert L. Stahl -- The Dory / Robert L. Stahl -- Birds-Gulls, Gannets, Ravens and Geese / Robert L. Stahl -- Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia / Robert L. Stahl -- Waves-Fitzgerald on Proust / Robert L. Stahl -- Katahdin / Robert L. Stahl -- Tigers and Horses / Robert L. Stahl -- Travels Abroad / Robert L. Stahl -- Ireland and the Aran Islands / Robert L. Stahl
Summary:
"'James Fitzgerald: The Drawings and Sketches', the first planned volume to emerge from his 'Catalogue Raisonné', is illustrated with over 750 images, of which a third are complete works reproduced in full color. This first in-depth presentation of his preliminary studies and discussion of his drawing process allows the reader to explore the artist's creative process from first concept to final painting. Fitzgerald's wide range of subject matter is reflected inw orks from Monhegan, Katahdin, Ireland, New York, and other locations where he painted." --publisher's description, dust jacket.
Topic:
Figurative painting, American  Search this
Drawing, American  Search this
Male artists  Search this
Call number:
N40.1.F554x S78 2017
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1099446