An American Vision: Henry Francis Du Pont's Winterthur Museum - Softcover

Cooper, Wendy A.; Gleason, Tara Louise; John, Katharine A.; Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum; National Gallery Of Art (U. S.)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0894682946 ISBN 13: 9780894682940

Publisher: Natl Gallery of Art, 2002

Synopsis

This catalogue is published to coincide with an exhibition in celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. The five sections cover: early America, high style rococo, East meets West, Pennsylvania German and classical style. Approximately 300 examples of decorative arts made or used in America between 1640 and 1840 - including furniture, textiles, paintings, ceramics, glass and metalwork - form the collection at the museum.

About this title

About the Author:

Wendy Cooper is the Lois F. and Henry S. McNeil senior curator of furniture at the Winterthur Museum, USA

From Library Journal:

Delaware's Winterthur Museum is home to one of the finest collections of American decorative art in the country. When Henry Francis du Pont inherited the family estate in 1927, he devoted his life to expanding the already sizable collection of art objects to its present size-over 85,000 pieces (which include furniture, metalwork, porcelain, paintings, textiles, and architectural artifacts). An exhibition catalog for a show organized in collaboration with the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, this volume highlights du Pont's most prized pieces. The book is divided into five main sections according to the distinct styles that constitute the collection-colonial, American chinoiserie, rococo, Pennsylvania German, and classical (Greek and Roman influence). Numerous monographs, including Jay E. Cantor's lavishly illustrated Winterthur, have been published about it, so why another? This book is recommended because it is well illustrated and well written, with a text that explains the acquisition history of each piece shown. And as senior curator of furniture at the Winterthur, the author is well qualified to describe its collections.
Margarete Gross, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Natl Gallery of Art
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0894682946
• ISBN 13: 9780894682940
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214