A Rutgers art critic traces the line of American painting that came of age after the Civil War, giving a chapter to each of its leading figures. He writes on George Inness, Alexander Wyant, Homer Martin, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, Whistler, William Merritt Chase and others, with personal anecdotes and close attention to technique and vision.
A contemporary’s appreciation of the generation that made American art its own, for gallery-goers and collectors. Download the free EPUB.