Anthes / Thomas Native Moderns

American Indian Painting, 1940-1960
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-8223-8810-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 304 Seiten

Reihe: Objects/Histories

This lavishly illustrated art history situates the work of pioneering mid-twentieth-century Native American artists within the broader canon of American modernism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Anthes, Bill

Thomas, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: 20./21. Jahrhundert
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunststile Indigene Kunst, Volkskunst

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xxix

1. Art and Modern Indian Policy 1

2. The Culture Brokers: The Pueblo Paintings of José Lente and Jimmy Brynes 30

3. "Our Inter-American Consciousness": Barnett Newman and the Primitive Universal 59

4. The Importance of Place: The Ojibwe Modernism of Patrick DesJarlait and George Morrison 89

5. Becoming Indian: The Self-Invention of Yeffe Kimball 117

6. "A fine painting. but not Indian": Oscar Howe, Dick West, and Native American Modernism 142

Postscript: Making Modern Native American Artists 171

Notes 183

Bibliography 217

Index 227

Über Autor(innen)

Bill Anthes is Assistant Professor of Art History at Pitzer College.