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1 online resource |
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The 1900s: The Society of Washington Artists' Portraits, Landscapes, and Still Lifes -- The 1910s: Art as a Family Business -- The 1920s: The Corcoran's Successful-to-Failed Expansion -- The 1920s Again: The Phillips, Continuity of Art -- The 1930s: Little Galleries and Intimate Bookstores -- The 1940s: The Cross-Pollinators, Franz Bader and Barnett-Aden -- The 1950s: The Workshop Center of the Arts -- The 1960s: "The P Street Strip" -- The 1970s: The Cooperatives and Entertainment Places in D.C. -- The 1980s: The Seventh Street Promise -- The 1990s: Two Gallery Clusters and Several Regional Nonprofits -- The 2000s: Art-O-Matic and Democratic Art -- The 2010s: The Triumph of the Art Fairs -- The 2020s: Federal City Art |
| Summary |
"The first comprehensive book about the Washington, D.C., region's art world, this study features humorous and unique stories about the artists and art districts of one of the U.S.'s most visited cities. Among the city's many firsts are the first modern art museum, the first African-American gallery, and the first art fair. It was also witness to the feminist art movement's beginnings, culminating in the National Museum of Women in the Arts opening. Chapters are arranged by decade beginning with 1900, and highlight trends in portraits and landscapes, galleries and museums, nonprofits, cooperatives, art fairs, family stories and the Artomatic experience"-- Provided by publisher |
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Art and society -- Washington (D.C.) -- History
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ART / Public Art.
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HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
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Art and society
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Intellectual life
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| SUBJECT |
Washington (D.C.) -- Intellectual life -- History
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Washington (D.C.)
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781476645292 |
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1476645299 |
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