Maxwell King

American Workman

The Life and Art of John Kane

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A comprehensive, novel reassessment of the life and work of one of America's most influential self-taught artists, John Kane.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 188mm x 244mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 958g
• ISBN-13: 9780822947042
• ISBN-10: 0822947048
• Artikelnr.: 62894637

Autorenporträt

Maxwell King is the former editor of the Philadelphia Inquirer and president of the Heinz Endowments. He is the author of the poetry collection Crossing Laurel Run and the New York Times-bestselling Mister Rogers biography The Good Neighbor: The Life and Work of Fred Rogers. King also served as chairman of the board of the national Council on Foundations. His most recent job was president of The Pittsburgh Foundation. Louise Lippincott is a historian and former curator specializing in American and European art from the Enlightenment to the modern era. She focuses on artists outside the mainstream, and the historical contexts that give meaning to their work. As curator of fine arts at Carnegie Museum of Art, she managed the largest John Kane collection in the United States. Previously she occupied curatorial positions at the J. Paul Getty Museum and Philadelphia Museum of Art.