Loan Exhibition of the Works of Albert P. Ryder (Classic Reprint)


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Excerpt from Loan Exhibition of the Works of Albert P. Ryder IT IS strange that the art of Albert Pinkham Ryder should have happened in America in these days, but the history of art prepares one for such contrasts. Within sound of the elevated trains and in the midst of the clang and bustle of this boisterous city of ours, he found his place, and here he painted pictures that depend but little on the statement of facts, and in which the emotional value of design and color reproduces his sentiment in a fashion that approaches the immateriality of music. He is of the company of the Oriental painters, of the Sienese, of Blake, Coleridge, Poe, and of the Romantic com posers. He makes one feel the weirdness of gaunt branches against moonlight skies, the fragility and help lessness of ships on vast seas, the turmoil of waves that chew on rocky shores. He shows us people of old legends like apparitions in dreams, the serenity of autumn fields basking in afternoon light, the mystery of night. With a poet's vision and the intuition of a mystic he has chosen the expressive lines and the significant color that evoke these sensations in a way that can not be analyzed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.




Loan Exhibition of the Works of Albert P. Ryder


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Albert P. Ryder


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Albert Pinkham Ryder, along with Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins, is recognized as one of the great “ancestors” of American painting, although he was largely unknown in his own time. Twentieth-century taste discovered him and his mystical pictures have had a profound effect on modern abstract art. Lloyd Goodrich is Director of the Whitney Museum of American Art under whose auspices his definitive biography of Thomas Eakins was published in 1933. For many years Mr. Goodrich has been carrying on research in the life and work of Albert P. Ryder, in preparation for a definitive biography. Since Ryder’s work has been widely forged, with the forgeries outnumbering the genuine pictures about eight to one, this study has involved examination of hundreds of paintings, using x-rays and other scientific methods. The present volume, originally published in 1959, has the advantage of these years of thorough study.




ALBERT PINKHAM RYDER


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This volume (the first to appear on the artist in 30 years) presents new information about Ryder's technique and materials, based on current scholarship and advanced methods of conservation. The paintings are discussed individually with comparative illustrations, including X-rays, autoradiographs, and related examples by other artists. Paper edition ($29.95) not seen by RandR. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art


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One of three chronologically arranged catalogues that document the Metropolitan Museum's outstanding collection of American paintings.




Albert Pinkham Ryder, Painter of Dreams


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Traces the life and career of the enigmatic American artist, discusses his unusual painting technique, and looks at his literary and artistic influences.




Winslow Homer


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This work examines Homer's artistic accomplishments. It focuses not only on his use of various media, but also on the suites of works on the same subject that reflect the artist's modern practice of thinking and working serially and thematically.