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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> William Glackens was one of the most influ- ential American painters in the first decades of the twentieth century. From his beginnings as a witty magazine artist-illustrator in Phila- delphia and New York to his participation in the forward-thinking group of artists dubbed The Eight Glackens was a perceptive inter- preter of his surroundings. Glackens one of the most versatile and popu- lar artists of his time assimilated the light- hearted modern French themes of spirited caf?s and bustling parks and resorts in such canvases as Chez Mouquin (1905) and Sledding Central Park (1912). An admirer of the more traditional figure painting of the Impressionist Renoir his name also became closely linked to the modern artists who exhibited their works at the famous Armory Show of 1913 which Glackens helped organize. This important study the first major mono- graph on Glackens includes an insightful essay by Dr. William Gerdts and a complete catalog introduced by curator Jorge Santis describing the incomparable holdings of the Glackens Collection of the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Florida. With a chronology bibliography and index this profusely illus- trated volume is sure to become the standard reference on Glackens for historians and collectors of twentieth-century art. (OS)