American Artists, Authors, and Collectors

Sharing for the first time the life-long correspondence between Walter Pach-artist, author, art critic, art consultant, teacher, museum lecturer-and many of the most influential members of the literary and art worlds of his day, this book reveals Pach to be one of the unsung heroes who promoted European and American modern art during the first half of the twentieth century.

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Bennard B. Perlman is former Professor and Chair of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the Baltimore City Community College and has lectured extensively on American art. He is the author of many books, including The Lives, Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies, also published by SUNY Press, and The Immortal Eight: American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show, 1870-1913.

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Offers a behind-the-scenes look at a significant era in the development and emergence of modern American art.

Sharing for the first time the life-long correspondence between Walter Pach-artist, author, art critic, art consultant, teacher, museum lecturer-and many of the most influential members of the literary and art worlds of his day, this book reveals Pach to be one of the unsung heroes who promoted European and American modern art during the first half of the twentieth century.

Bennard B. Perlman is former Professor and Chair of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the Baltimore City Community College and has lectured extensively on American art. He is the author of many books, including The Lives, Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies, also published by SUNY Press, and The Immortal Eight: American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show, 1870-1913.