Weber, Nicholas Fox,
Patron saints : five rebels who opened America to a new art, 1928-1943 / Nicholas Fox Weber. - xi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index Originally published 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. "Winner of the L. L. Winship Book Award given by the Boston Globe for the most outstanding book relating to New England."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-404)
This lively work of cultural history tells the stories of five young art patrons who, in the last 1920s and 1930s, were instrumental in bringing modern painting, sculpture, and dance to America. A combination of wealth, Harvard education privilege, and family connections enabled Lincoln Kirstein, Edward M.M. Warburg, Agnes Mongan, James Thrall Soby, and A. Everett (Chick) Austin, Jr., to introduce the work of Picasso, Balanchine, Calder, and other important artists to the United States. In this fascinating book, Nichols Fox Weber interweaves the lives and activities of these individuals with the culture they were so fundamental in promoting
0300064489
95061164
Arts, American -- 20th century.
Art patrons --Biography.-- United States
NX504 / .W43 1995
700
Patron saints : five rebels who opened America to a new art, 1928-1943 / Nicholas Fox Weber. - xi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes index Originally published 1992 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. "Winner of the L. L. Winship Book Award given by the Boston Globe for the most outstanding book relating to New England."
Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-404)
This lively work of cultural history tells the stories of five young art patrons who, in the last 1920s and 1930s, were instrumental in bringing modern painting, sculpture, and dance to America. A combination of wealth, Harvard education privilege, and family connections enabled Lincoln Kirstein, Edward M.M. Warburg, Agnes Mongan, James Thrall Soby, and A. Everett (Chick) Austin, Jr., to introduce the work of Picasso, Balanchine, Calder, and other important artists to the United States. In this fascinating book, Nichols Fox Weber interweaves the lives and activities of these individuals with the culture they were so fundamental in promoting
0300064489
95061164
Arts, American -- 20th century.
Art patrons --Biography.-- United States
NX504 / .W43 1995
700