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The James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art and Art of the African Diaspora is an annual event hosted and sponsored by Howard University. James Porter is recognized as the "Father of African American art history." [1] [2] His book, Modern Negro Art, is the first comprehensive study of African American Art in the United States. [3]
James A. Porter, African Nude, 1934.Harmon Foundation Collection. Porter began his career as an instructor of painting and drawing at Howard University.During his four decade Howard tenure, he would work with artists, such as James Lesesne Wells and Lois Mailou Jones, chair the Art Department, and serve as Director of the Art Gallery (1953 through 1970). [4]
The "International Artist's Book Triennials Vilnius" is a unique non-commercial cultural project, organised to promote artist's books, creators of artist's books from all over the world, to connect galleries, publishers, editors and printers of fine art & limited editions, the greater general public, collectors and individual artists. The ...
Art and Illusion; Art by Women in Florence; Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties; Art Deco of the 20s and 30s; Art in the San Francisco Bay Area (book) Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture; Artists in biographies by Filippo Baldinucci; Arts of Mankind; The Automatic Message
The Contemporary Artists’ Book Conference (CABC) presents in-depth talks, panels, and conversations to further the critical dialog surrounding artists’ books. The CABC committee is made up of historians, art librarians, artists, and professionals in the field and sessions cover a range of lively topics presented by artists, scholars, and ...
In 1929, George Macy founded the Limited Editions Club and began publishing illustrated books in limited numbers (usually 1500 copies) for subscription members. In 1935 Macy founded the Heritage Club, which together with the Heritage Press, created and distributed more affordable and unlimited reprints of the great books previously published by The Limited Editions Club.
World of Art (formerly known as The World of Art Library) is a long established series of pocket-sized art books from the British publisher Thames & Hudson, comprising over 300 titles as of 2021. [3] The books are typically around 200 pages, but heavily illustrated.
Fairfield Porter (June 10, 1907 – September 18, 1975) was an American painter and art critic. [1] He was the fourth of five children of James Porter, an architect, and Ruth Furness Porter, a poet from a literary family. [2] He was the brother of photographer Eliot Porter and the brother-in-law of federal Reclamation Commissioner Michael W ...