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Railroad Artistry of Howard Fogg
Ronald C. Hill & Al Choine
Cedco Publishing
100 Pelican Way, San Rafael, CA 94901
0-7683-2112-3 $49.95
From interviews with those who knew or worked with painter Howard Fogg to
full-page color examples of his train portraits, this presents an outstanding
survey of the 50-year work of Fogg, who only painted trains. From steam
locomotives to diesels and landscapes where trains featured, Railroad Artistry
of Howard Fogg presents Fogg's best work, gathered by two of his closest
friends.
The Fake
Sandor Radnoti
Rowman & Littlefield
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
0-8476-9206-X $23.95
This survey of the circumstances of forgery and its place in the art world
examines the ethics and art of the fake, from the implications of forged items
to their existence in and impact upon the contemporary art world. The Fake
blends history, ethical concerns and artistic examination in a delicate weave
of unique insights.
An Uncommon Mission
Father Jerome Tupa
Welcome Enterprizes
588 Broadway, New York NY 10012
0-941807-34-7 $19.95
Father Tupa's paintings provide a unique view of the missions and chart the
physical and spiritual pilgrimage to the California missions. His works are
presented here with over twenty oil paintings and over 40 watercolors
interpreting California's past and the history of each mission. An Uncommon
Mission accompanies a traveling exhibition of the same name.
Childe Hassam, Impressionist
Warren Adelson, et.al.
Abbeville Press
22 Cortlandt St., New York NY 10007
0-7892-0587-4 $75.00
Beautiful full-page color photos are liberal in this fine survey of Hassam's
career as an important American Impressionist artist. Hassam explored
Impressionist themes in a variety of mediums: many of his pictures have been
hidden in private collections until now, others are on public display. Childe
Hassam, Impressionist gathers many public and private holdings and adds a
survey of the artist's life and times.
Always Bright
Xue Jian Xin, et al.
Homa & Sekey Books
11 Colonial Parkway, Dumont, NJ 07628
0-9665421-3-4 $49.95 1-800-431-1579
Always Bright: Paintings By American Chinese Artists 1970-1999 showcases the
work of eighty acclaimed American Chinese arts and places their art into three
categories: oil painting, Chinese painting, and other media painting. Always
Bright also profiles the artists and furnishes information on their
professional accomplishment. Always Bright fills a gap in contemporary art
history and will eminently satisfy art students and connoisseurs seeking to
known and attain a sound appreciation of American Chinese artists and their
accomplishments. These representative artists come from a variety of
backgrounds, use different media, belong to different schools. but share an
innate Chinese temperament, life experience, original thinking, and unique
expressions. All of the paintings combine to reflect a facet of splendid
Chinese culture that has been transplanted from the old world to the new -- to
the enriched enhancement of both.
Catalog of Egyptian Art
Lawrence M. Berman, et al.
Hudson Hills Press, Inc.
122 East 25th St., 5th fl, NY, NY 10010
0-940717-53-0 $75.00 1-212-674-6005
Drawing from the newly reopened Cleveland Museum of Art's Egyptian Galleries,
Lawrence M. Berman, Kenneth J. Bohac, Patricia S. Griffin, and D. Bruce
Christman have collaborated on this magnificent, richly illustrated survey of
500 antiquarian objects and artifacts. Included in this superlative Catalog Of
Egyptian Art are many true masterworks as well as a remarkable concentration of
wall reliefs and an impressive selection of smaller objects. Catalog Of
Egyptian Art proves an impressive cross-section of Egyptian art ranging from
Prehistoric to Roman times and is a benchmark publication on ancient Egyptian
art. Catalog Of Egyptian Art is highly recommended for academic, professional,
and community library Egyptology collections.
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