Bøger af Kevin J. Avery

The incredible story of a lost treasure rediscovered and preserved for a new generation

The Metropolitan Museum of Art began acquiring American drawings in 1880. This catalogue, the first volume in a series devoted to the museum's holdings, presents works by artists born before 1835, including such great American artists as Thomas Cole and James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

"The wide variety of selections from Frederic Edwin Church's collection of his own paintings shows the master in all phases of his career, in sketches and finished paintings, depicting the breadth of his subjects and the high technical skills that...