19th Century Archive
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Ever Yours, van Gogh: A sneak peek at Vincent’s personal letters
Posted on September 10, 2014The beloved 19th-century artist Vincent van Gogh was a prolific letter-writer. His letters are at turns descriptive, confessional, and insightful; when the 6-volume, 2500-page, annotated and illustrated edition of his […] -
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Nostalgia for the Art of the American Frontier
Posted on December 26, 2013Jack O’Malley— Art of the American Frontier: From the Buffalo Bill Center of the West by Stephanie Mayer Heydt collects nearly 250 full color illustrations of the art of the […] -
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Test Your Knowledge of Weird American Historical Food Culture to Win Art and Appetite
Posted on December 17, 2013The exhibition and accompanying book Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine by Judith Barter explore depictions of food in American art. From colonial times to the present day, […] -
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The Art Department Takes Art and Appetite Home With Delicious Results
Posted on December 16, 2013A first: we have seized the opportunity to celebrate the publication of one of our art & architecture books with a cooking blog post! Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, […] -
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Sneak Peek of Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake
Posted on December 13, 2013In March of 2014, we will publish the first biography of James McNeill Whistler in 20 years. Whistler: A Life for Art’s Sake by Daniel E. Sutherland offers a more […] -
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All the Rage
Posted on October 23, 2013The year was 1897 and Camille Pisarro, in Paris, wrote to his son, Lucien, in London, that “No one pays any attention nowadays to anything but prints; it’s a rage, […] -
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Van Gogh at Work
Posted on August 8, 2013Follow @yaleARTbooks Van Gogh struggled with volume. When at the age of 28 he decided to become an artist, he took to copying contours of nude models from a drawing […]