Gerdts, William H. and Russell Burke — American Still-Life Painting
New York, Praeger Publishers, 1971. Hardcover. White cloth. Color illus. dj. 262 pp. 28 color, 220 bw repros. The classic, long out-of-print study. 28 full page color plates, loads of text and copious notes. A sought-after title because of its numerous reproductions and informative text. Contents include "Antecedents and Beginnings," "The Peale Dynasty", "Nonprofessional Still-Life", "Nineteenth Century Flower Painters", "Still-Life by Landscape Painters and Other Specialists", "The Influence of Ruskin and the Pre-Raphaelites on American Still Life," "Fish and Game Still-Life", "Trompe L'Oeil: William Michael Harnett and His Followers", "Some Regional Still-Life Schools: Fall River, Providence, Springfield", "The Influence of Munich and Paris", "Still-Life by the American Impressionists", and "Twentieth Century Still-Life". Among the artists featured are: Raphaelle Peale, Charles Bird King, Severin Roesen, Charles Dodge, George Cochran Lambdin, Joseph Decker, Thomas Badger, Martin Johnson Heade, John William Hill, John Haberle, John Frederick Peto, Levi Wells Prentice, John La Farge, Elihu Vedder, De Scott Evans, Patrick Henry Bruce, Walt Kuhn, John Ferguson Weir, Alfred H. Maurer, Henry Lee McFee, Walter Murch. VG/G+ Fading to spine of dj and wear to dj.
