The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916 [SOLD]

The Arts and Crafts Movement in America 1876-1916

Edited by Robert Judson Clark

Princeton University Press

Softcover, first edition, oversize book, 192 pages, very well illustrated

An exhibition organized by the Art Museum, Princeton, University and The Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Museum Princeton University

21 October—17 December 1972

The Art Institute of Chicago

24 February—22 April 1973

Renwick Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts

Smithsonian Institution

01 June—10 September 1973

Synopsis

During the 1890s, there were various American flirtations with the curvilinear aesthetic of Art Nouveau.  Yet it was not until the turn of the new century that the Arts and Crafts movement in this country resembled anything like a national experience.  Arts and Crafts societies were founded in large and small cities, with periodi exhibitions to encourage fine craftsmanship and good designs. The appearance of the Craftsman magazine from 1901 to 1916 paralleled this mature phase of the American movement, which was characterized by the severe furniture of the so-called Mission style and the finest work of the Prairie school.

Major Subjects Sections

1. The Eastern Seaboard by Robert Judson Clark and others

2. Chicago and the Midwest by David A. Hanks

3. The Pacific Coast by Robert Judson Clark

4. The Arts and Crafts Book by Susan Otis Thompson

5. Art Pottery by Martin Eidelberg