{"product_id":"william-glackens-9781558598683","title":"William Glackens","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe life and work of one of the most admired American Impressionists are fully detailed in the first major monograph on the artist. William Glackens was one of the most influential American painters in the first decades of the twentieth century. From his beginnings as a witty magazine artist-illustrator in Philadelphia and New York to his participation in the forward-thinking group of artists dubbed The Eight  Glackens was a perceptive interpreter of his surroundings. Glackens  one of the most versatile and popular artists of his time  assimilated the lighthearted modern French themes of spirited cafs 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 monograph 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 illustrated volume is sure to become the standard reference on Glackens for historians and collectors of twentieth-century art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45666091139125,"sku":"ByrdShop_1558598685","price":48.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781558598683.jpg?v=1782418989","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/william-glackens-9781558598683","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}