American painting
By: Elliot Bostwick Davis ... [et al.]
Contributors: Davis, Elliot Bostwick; Hirshler, Erica E; Troyen, Carol; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Series: MFA highlights
Publisher: MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Painting, American -- European influences; Painting, American -- Themes, motives; Painting, American -- History
Notes: "American Painting features over one hundred masterworks dating from 1670 to 1960, by artists ranging from Copley, Stuart, Sargent, and Cassatt, to O'Keeffe, Hopper, and Pollock"--Front cover flap

Other contributors: Erica E. Hirshler, Carol Troyen, Karen E. Quinn, Janet L. Comey, Ellen E. Roberts

All illustrations from the Museum's collections

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index
Table of contents: title: The independent spirit of American painting; title: Colonial and Federal America : the rise of the new nation; title: From the age of Jackson to the Civil War : forging a national style; title: From the Civil War to the turn of the century : Americans at home and abroad; title: The twentieth century : modern America