The Life of Maynard Dixon - Hardcover

Hagerty, Donald J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1423603796 ISBN 13: 9781423603795

Publisher: Gibbs Smith, 2010

Synopsis

A personal portrait of an early-20th-century painter.

Maynard Dixon embellished themes that encompassed the timeless truth of the majestic western landscape, the humanity of its memorable people, and the religious mysticism of the Native American. In an attempt to uncover the spirit of the American West, Dixon roamed its plains, mesas, and deserts―drawing, painting, and expressing his creative personality in poems, essays, and letters. Written in a very personal style, this biography includes anecdotes from Dixon’s children, historical vignettes, and interviews with those who knew the artist.

Donald J. Hagerty is the author of many publications on Maynard Dixon and other historic and contemporary artists. Having organized numerous museum exhibitions, he is a frequent lecturer for libraries, museums, and galleries. He lives in Davis, California.

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From the Inside Flap:

From the beginning, Dixon was different an authentic, iconoclastic, self-created individual. Disdainful and bothered, yet intrigued and involved by the self-absorbed onslaught of modernism in the art world, he developed enduring themes by the 1920s: the timeless truth of the majestic western landscape, the religious mysticism of the Native American, and the people of the American West. From 1900 to his death in 1946, Dixon roamed the plains, mesas, and deserts of the West drawing, painting, and expressing his creative personality in poems, essays, and letters in an attempt to uncover the region's spirit. Donald J. Hagerty details the life of one of America's most beloved and renowned Western artists and his contribution to the artistic world. Written in a very personal style, this biography includes anecdotes from Dixon's children and friends, historical vignettes, ancestral details, and interviews with a variety of those who knew the artist. It is a valuable acquisition for anyone who appreciates the life and art of Maynard Dixon.

Donald J. Hagerty is an independent scholar and consultant on the arts and cultures of the American West. He is the author of many publications on Maynard Dixon and other artists, both historic and contemporary. He has organized numerous museum exhibitions and is a frequent lecturer for libraries, museums, and galleries. His companion monograph, The Art of Maynard Dixon, is forthcoming. Hagerty and his wife live in Davis, California.

From the Back Cover:

His will was immovable and his word once given was sacred. No man who knew him cared to question it and the few who did got into trouble. A gentleman's word, he would say, is as good as his bond.

Grant Wallace, author of Maynard Dixon: Painter and Poet of the Far West.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gibbs Smith
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1423603796
• ISBN 13: 9781423603795
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256