Patron saints : five rebels who opened America to a new art, 1928-1943 / Nicholas Fox Weber.
By: Weber, Nicholas Fox [1947-]
Language: English Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1995Description: xi, 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0300064489Subject(s): Arts, American -- 20th century | Art patrons -- United States -- BiographyDDC classification: 700 LOC classification: NX504 | .W43 1995Summary: 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| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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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
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