One Hundred Stories: Highlights from the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts - Hardcover

Elizabeth Johns; Sarah Cantor; Margaret Dameron; Alan Fern; Mary L. Pixley; Angela S. George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1904832547 ISBN 13: 9781904832546

Publisher: GILES, 2008

Synopsis

One Hundred Stories celebrates one hundred paintings, sculptures, works on paper and decorative arts in the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts (WCMFA), Hagerstown, Maryland. Founded in 1931 by Anna Brugh Singer and William Henry Singer, Jr., the collection now includes over 6,000 objects, ranging from Old Master paintings to 20th-century art, with a particular emphasis on American art from the last two centuries.

Among the artworks presented are examples by leading American 18th- and 19th-century artists, including William Merritt Chase, Thomas Cole, Robert Henri and Joshua Johnson. 20th-century art is represented in works by Milton Avery, Philip Guston, Norman Rockwell, Frank Stella and a host of regional artists. The volume also features wonderful examples of decorative art, including a silver tea service by Christopher Dresser, earthenware by George Ohr, and fine examples of French Moderne art, and Art Deco glass.

Two essays cover the history of the Museum, and the wider role of museums in the United States

About this title

About the Author:

Elizabeth Johns is Professor Emerita, University of Pennsylvania; Sarah Canto is a PhD candidate at the University of Maryland; Margaret Dameron is Curatorial Coordinator at the WCMFA;Alan Fern is Professor Emeritus at the National Portrait Gallery; Angela S. George is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Maryland and Lecturer in Decorative Arts at the Corcoran College of Art and Design; Mary L. Pixley was the Samuel H. Kress Foundation Curatorial Fellow at the WCMFA and is now Associate Curator for European and American Art Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Missouri-Columbia; Joseph Ruzicka was Director of the WCMFA 2004-07, Ann Prentice-Wagner is Curator at the WCMFA.

About this edition

• Publisher: GILES
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1904832547
• ISBN 13: 9781904832546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 232