125 Masterpieces from the Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery

Download or read book 125 Masterpieces from the Collection of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery written by Karen Lee Spaulding and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Albright-Knox Art Academy celebrated its 125th anniversary in 1862 with the publication of 125 outstanding works from its collections. The volume includes paintings and sculptures by the best-known artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, representing major schools of U.S. and European art from early American portraiture and impressionism to minimalism and neo-expressionism. Among those featured from American art history are George Bellows, Thomas Eakins, and Winslow Homer; from 19th century European art are Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse and George Seurat; and Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, and Pablo Picasso from the modernists. Other artists represented include William de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol. ISBN 0-8478-0786-X : $40.00. (For use only in the library).