Topical Information: American Scene Painting and Regionalism


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from other web sites:

American scene painting from Wikipedia
 
"California Holiday: The E. Gene Crain Collection" from absolutearts.com
 
Interview with E. Gene Crain, Conducted by Susan M. Anderson at the Artist's Law offices in Newport Beach, California, March 7, 20, 21 and May 22, 1999 from Smithsonian Archives of American Art
 
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art's web site for 5 Turner Alley
 
An Art Institute of Chicago web page on Grant Wood's American Gothic
 
A PBS Sister Wendy's American Collection web page on Grant Wood's American Gothic
 
Artcyclopedia.com covers American Regionalism, 25 Social Realists of the 1930s,

 

TFAO also suggests these books:

American Scene Painting: California, 1930s and 1940s, By Ruth Lilly Westphal, Janet B. Dominik. Published by Westphal Pub, 1991. ISBN 0961052031, 9780961052034. 238 pages
 
American Scene Painting and Sculpture: Dominant Style of the 1930's and 1940's. Published by D.Wigmore Fine Art, Inc., 1990. 72 pages
 
American Scene Painting: The Rise of Regionalism, By Susanne Sentell Shepherd. Published by Stephen F. Austin State University, 1979. 146 pages
 
The American Scene: American Painting of the 1930's, By Matthew Baigell. Published by Praeger, 1974. ISBN 0275466205, 9780275466206. 214 pages
 
(descriptions courtesy of Google Book Search)

 

and these DVD or VHS videos:

Thomas Hart Benton is a 60 minute 1988 film from the Ken Burns' America series by PBS. "The turbulent career of Thomas Hart Benton, one of America's most controversial artists, began with experimentation in Expressionism, Cubism, and other European styles abroad. Later, while in the military, Benton was assigned to illustrate army equipment, discovering in the process a realistic style that finally satisfied him. Returning to civilian life, he became a Regionalist painter, portraying Americans as down-to-earth types who expressed their "American-ness" through their everyday actions and their appearance." Director Ken Burns combines samples of Benton's work and interviews with art critics, family, and friends as well as footage of Benton himself. Produced by Ken Burns and Julie Dumphey. (Quote from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)

 

Visions of California: The Story of California Scene Painting, produced by Paul Bockhorst for KOCE Public Television in collaboration with The Irvine Museum, is the 1994 story of California Scene Painting 1925-1950. Bockhorst, working with scores of collectors and dozens of institutions and museums nationwide, has created a three-part series of artistic delight and intellectual insight that features almost 150 works of art.

 

Who is the Artist? Painters of the American Scene is a Crystal Productions 28 minute video featuring the art of Benton, Hopper and Wood. Students are taught how to recognize the different styles and subjects of these painters of the American scene.

 

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