The Painter Speaks - Contributions to the Study of Art and Architecture by Joan Jeffri Hardcover

About the Book

As part of a large oral history project of the Research Center for Arts and Culture of Columbia University aimed at compiling information on the training, career choices, and patterns of development of artists, twelve insightful narrative interviews were edited and collected for this volume. The painters were selected to provide demographic, ethnic, and gender balance and to represent three broad career stages: emerging, established, and mature. In vivid strokes, they discuss their family backgrounds, education, gatekeepers, experiences, and personal and artistic development. Each interview is prefaced by brief career data and followed by honors and exhibit sources, and a representative painting is illustrated in color. The volume introduction offers a capsule history of art in America, and a bibliography is included.

Book Synopsis

As part of a large oral history project of the Research Center for Arts and Culture of Columbia University aimed at compiling information on the training, career choices, and patterns of development of artists, twelve insightful narrative interviews were edited and collected for this volume. The painters were selected to provide demographic, ethnic, and gender balance and to represent three broad career stages: emerging, established, and mature. In vivid strokes, they discuss their family backgrounds, education, gatekeepers, experiences, and personal and artistic development. Each interview is prefaced by brief career data and followed by honors and exhibit sources, and a representative painting is illustrated in color. The volume introduction offers a capsule history of art in America, and a bibliography is included.

Review Quotes

?. . . the book is beneficial for anyone researching a specific artist or as a path to more in-depth study. Appropriate for academic libraries with art programs and larger public libraries with interested patrons.?-Library Journal

." . . the book is beneficial for anyone researching a specific artist or as a path to more in-depth study. Appropriate for academic libraries with art programs and larger public libraries with interested patrons."-Library Journal

About the Author

JOAN JEFFRI is Director of the Research Center for Arts and Culture of Columbia University, which she founded in 1985, Coordinator of Columbia's master's degree program in arts administration, and former Executive Editor of The Journal of Arts Management and Law. Her books include Arts Money: Raising It, Saving It, and Earning It, ARTIST HELP: The Artist's Guide to Work-Related Human and Social Services, The Emerging Arts: Management, Survival and Growth (Praeger, 1980) and The Craftsperson Speaks: Artists in Varied Media Discuss Their Crafts (Greenwood Press, 1992).