TY  - BOOK
AU  - Weber,Nicholas Fox
TI  - Patron saints: five rebels who opened America to a new art, 1928-1943 
SN  - 0300064489
AV  - NX504  .W43 1995
U1  - 700 
PY  - 1995///
CY  - New Haven : 
PB  - Yale University Press, 
KW  - Arts, American
KW  -  20th century
KW  - Art patrons
KW  -  United States
KW  - Biography
N1  - 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)
N2  - 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
ER  -