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1	Alice Neel more books like this by Alice Neel, Ann Tempkin, Richard Flood add to wishlist This centennial salute focuses renewed attention on one of the preeminent American artists of the 20th century and accompanies a traveling retrospective organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. 175 illustrations, 100 in full color. see all copies from $19.00! new only from $225.00! \| first editions
2	The Painter's Chair: George Washington and the Making of American Art more books like this by Hugh Howard add to wishlist An eloquent new look at the beginnings of the American republic--through the portraits of its first icon, George Washington, and the painters who defined him. ""I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painters pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck...no dray moves more readily to the Thill, than I do to the Painters Chair."--George ... see all copies from $7.95! new only from $21.51! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Pin-Up Dreams: The Glamour Art of Rolf Armstrong more books like this by Janet Dobson, Michael Wooldridge add to wishlist The only comprehensive reference of Armstrong's pin-up art, this full-color illustrated book contains over 300 reproductions of the best of his dream-girl images from his 50-year career. see all copies from $78.81! new only from $79.95!
4	Samuel F.B. Morse more books like this by William Kloss add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.95! \| first editions
5	David Hockney Portraits more books like this by Sarah Howgate, Barbara Stern Shapiro, Mark Glazebrook add to wishlist David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most significant artists exploring and pushing the boundaries of figurative art today. Hockney has been engaged with portraiture since his teenage years, when he painted "Portrait of My Father" (1955), and his self-portraits and depictions of family, lovers, and friends represent an intimate visual diary of ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $42.44! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close in Conversation with 26 of His Subjects more books like this by Chuck Close, Joanne Kesten (Editor) add to wishlist The Chuck Close portrait -- larger than life, deceptively straight forward -- has long been a staple of modern art's iconography. Close's work, which is often of friends and fellow artists, has been the source of many monographs and numerous prominent exhibitions. Until now, however, few have known that the painter has been documenting his ... see all copies from $3.18! new only from $44.30! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	A Brush with History more books like this by Carolyn Kinder, Ellen Gross Miles, National Portrait Gallery add to wishlist A major book on the art of portraiture in America. see all copies from $14.95! new only from $21.98!
8	American portraiture in the grand manner, 1720-1920 more books like this by Michael Quick, Marvin S. Sadik, William H. Gerdts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
9	Artists by themselves : artists' portraits from the National Academy of Design. more books like this by National Academy of Design (U.S.), Michael Quick add to wishlist see all copies from $4.55! new only from $15.00! \| first editions
10	Gardner Cox: Sketches from Life more books like this add to wishlist see all copies from $4.49! new only from $20.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
11	Alice Neel more books like this by Ann Temkin, Alice Neel add to wishlist see all copies from $84.92! new only from $179.98! \| SVS
12	The Steinway Collection: Paintings of Great Composers more books like this by James Huneker add to wishlist Originally printed in 1919 as an in-house publication of Steinway & Sons, this is the first time this collection has been released to the public. The paintings by esteemed American artists and accompanied by Huneker's essays are intended, in the author's words, to "Evoke musical visions, for music is visionary...". An introduction by acclaimed ... see all copies from $7.92! new only from $12.36!
13	Portrait Painting in America: The Nineteenth Century more books like this by Ellen Gross Miles (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $13.00! first editions
14	The limners; America's earliest portrait painters more books like this by Leonard Everett Fisher add to wishlist Discusses the motivation, materials, and techniques of the first "artists" in colonial America--the sign painters--and how their works contribute to a better understanding of early American history and society. see all copies from $8.78! first editions \| SVS
15	6 Artists Paint a Portrait, Alfred Chadbourn, George Passantino, Charles Reid, Ariane Beigneux, Robe more books like this by Charles Daugherty (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $7.85!
16	Indian Summers: Washington State College and the Nespelem Art Colony, 1937-41 more books like this by Jeff Creighton add to wishlist For five summers, Washington State College students and instructors took up residence in and around the headquarters of the Colville Confederated Tribes in north central Washington. This book provides a snapshot of the students, instructors, and Indians at Nespelem, and beautifully displays the artwork their partnership created. see all copies from $44.36! new only from $44.36!
17 view cover	A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery more books like this by Carolyn Kinder, National Portrait Gallery, Carolyn Kinder Carr add to wishlist A major book on the art of portraiture in America. see all copies from $54.99! new only from $54.99! \| first editions
18	Portrait of a Lady: Sargent and Lady Agnew more books like this by Julia Rayer Rolfe, John Singer Sargent, Wilfrid Mellers add to wishlist This book explores John Singer Sargent's (1856 - 1925) development as one of the most brilliant portrait painters of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, and specifically focuses on one of his most beautiful female portraits, Lady Agnew of Lochnaw, now in the National Gallery of Scotland. Due to the enthusiastic reception of this particular work. ... see all copies from $22.87!
19 view cover	Portraits in the Collection of the American Antiquarian Society more books like this by American Antiquarian Society add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.05!
20	The Beardsley Limner and some contemporaries; postrevolutionary portraiture in New England, 1785-1805. more books like this by Christine Skeeles Schloss, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Montclair Art Museum, New Haven New Haven Colony Historical Society add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
21	Lives Shaped by the Revolution: Portraits of a Boston Family: Speakman, Rowe, Inman, Linzee, Coffin & Amory more books like this by Jeannine J Falino add to wishlist see all copies from $35.00!
22	Some American primitives; a study of New England faces and folk portraits. more books like this by Clara Endicott Sears add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! first editions \| SVS
23	The Portrait in Britain and America: With a Biographical Dictionary of Portrait Painters 1680-1914 more books like this by Robin Simon add to wishlist see all copies from $9.00! first editions
24	American Art from the Collection of the Worcester Art Museum more books like this by Richard S. Teitz (Designer) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
25	The Borden Limner and his contemporaries : an exhibition, The University of Michigan Museum of Art, November 14, 1976-January 16, 1977 more books like this by Robert Charles Bishop, University of Michigan. Museum of Art add to wishlist see all copies from $20.00! first editions

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	American Radiance: The Ralph Esmerian Gift to the American Folk Art Museum by Stacy C Hollander, Museum of American Folk Art, John Bigelow Taylor (Photographer) see all from $13.63! new only from $19.96!
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