An encyclopedia of women artists of the American West
By: Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick ; foreword by William H. Goetzmann.
Contributors: Yoshiki-Kovinick, Marian.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: American studies series
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Austin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 405
Subjects: West (U.S.) -- In art; Women artists -- Biography -- Dictionaries
Other titles: Women artists of the American West
Description: This encyclopedia is a biographical dictionary of some 1,000 women artists of the American West. The product of a twenty-year, coast-to-coast research project by authors Phil Kovinick and Marian Yoshiki-Kovinick, it offers accurate, concise introductions to women painters, graphic artists, and sculptors, all of whom achieved recognition as depictors of Western subjects between the 1840s and 1980.

Their styles range from representationalism to early modernism, while their works depict everything from bold landscapes and scenes of intensive action to studies of Native Americans, pioneers, ranchers, farmers, wildlife, and flora.

Each entry in the encyclopedia features the salient facts of the artist's life and career, with attention to her work with Western subject matter. Many of the entries also contain a selected list of the artist's exhibitions, current locations of her work in public collections, pertinent references, and a black-and-white example of her work. An overview of the history of women in western art complements the biographical entries.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-405).