ARTFUL PLAYERS by Birgitta Hjalmarson, William H. Gerdts (Foreword) ( 9781890449018 )

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Title:

ARTFUL PLAYERS
ARTISTIC LIFE IN EARLY SAN FRANCISCO

By:

Birgitta Hjalmarson, William H. Gerdts (Foreword)

Format:

Hardback

List price:	£24.95
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ISBN 10:

1890449016

ISBN 13:

9781890449018

Publisher:

BALCONY PRESS,U.S.

Pub. date:

1 March, 1999

Edition:

Revised ed.

Pages:

288

Description:

With a handful of wealthy Gold Rush barons as indulgent patrons, an active community of artists appeared in 19th-century San Francisco almost overnight. A subculture of artistic brilliance and social experimentation was the result. This book analyzes the rise of the artist in early San Francisco.

Synopsis:

With a handful of wealthy Gold Rush barons as indulgent patrons, an active community of artists appeared in nineteenth-century San Francisco almost overnight. A subculture of artistic brilliance and social experimentation was the result--in essence, a decades-long revelry that finally ended with the 1906 earthquake. Witness Jules Tavernier, hungry and in debt, accepting a stuffed peacock and two old dueling pistols in payment for a Yosemite landscape; Mark Twain as reluctant art critic; Oscar Wilde outdrinking his hosts at the Bohemian Club, declaring he had never before seen "so many well-dressed, well-fed, business-like looking Bohemians." Prolific production of some of America's greatest paintings developed into a distinctly California style. Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Hill, and William Keith were among the many artists who documented Yosemite Valley and the state's other natural wonders. Grace Hudson's paintings are still considered some of the finest records of Native American culture.

Illustrations:

48 b&w illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

Balcony Press,U.S.

Returns:

Returnable

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