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The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876
By Jean Lipman and Alice Winchester

Hard Cover, with Jacket, 1974, 3rd printing, 288 Pages

Interest in American folk art has in creased steadily over recent years and is more widespread
today than ever before --yet the full scope of this tradition has never until now been published
in a sin gle volume or
presented in a single ex hibition. This comprehensive book il lustrates more than 400
outstanding examples produced during the period of its finest flowering. The authors, select ing
from more than 10,000 objects,
have discussed and illustrated the works in four major categories: pictures, painted, drawn and
stitched; sculpture; arch itec tural decoration; decorated household objects. The extraordinary
range and quality of
American folk art are revealed by such diverse subjects as portraits, genre and religious
scenes, ship figure heads, weathervanes, toys, tinware, tav ern signs, painted furniture,
quilts, and works in many other
categories. Though primitive or naive in the sense that they were fashioned by men and women who
were primarily craftsmen or amateur artists rather than "fine" artists, these objects each
possess an originality, a
power and a beauty that place them in the mainstream of the American artistic tradition. In
addition to the illustrations, more than 100 in color, there are brief essays on each type of
object, detailed captions for each
work, biographical notes on the artists, and a selected bibliography.

Aboiut the Authors
JEAN LIPMAN, editor of publications at the Whitney Museum of American Art, is the former editor
of Art in America, a noted collector, and the au thor of many important books and articles on
American folk art.

ALICE WINCHESTER, former editor of the magazine Antiques, has written numerous books and
articles on antiques and folk art and was co-author, with Jean Lipman, of Primitive Painters in
America. She is
well known as a lec turer in this field.

CONTENTS

Preface Jean Lipman

Introduction A/ice Winchester
PICTURES: PAINTED, DRAWN AND STITCHED

Portraits

Landscapes and seascapes

Scenes of daily life

Religious, literary and historical subjects

Still life, cutouts and samplers

Penmanship, fractur and presentation pieces

SCULPTURE IN WOOD, METAL, STONE AND BONE

Portraits

Ship figureheads and sternboards

Weathervanes and whirligigs

Cigar-store figures and other shop signs

Decoys

Toys

Household ornaments

DECORATION FOR HOME AND HIGHWAY

Overmantels, fireboards, cornices

Walls and floors

Exterior ornament

Tavern signs

FURNISHINGS

Furniture

Accessories

APPENDIX

Biographical index of artists

Authors' bookshelf

Acknowledgments