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American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane

American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane

King, Maxwell
Lippincott, Louise

Hardcover

Series: Regional

ArtistsAmerican Art - GeneralIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $40.00

ISBN10: 0822947048
ISBN13: 9780822947042
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: Apr 12 2022
Pages: 308
Weight: 2.20
Height: 1.10 Width: 7.09 Depth: 9.29
Language: English
American Workman presents a comprehensive, novel reassessment of the life and work of one of America's most influential self-taught artists, John Kane. With a full account of Kane's life as a working man, including his time as a steelworker, coal miner, street paver, and commercial painter in and around Pittsburgh in the early twentieth century, the authors explore how these occupations shaped his development as an artist and his breakthrough success in the modern art world. A rough-and-tumble blue-collar man prone to brawling and drinking, Kane also sought out beauty in the industrial world he inhabited. This Kane paradox--brawny and tough, sensitive and creative--was at the heart of much of the public's interest in Kane as a person. The allure of the Kane saga was heightened all the more by the fact that he did not achieve renown until he was at the age at which most people are retiring from their professions. Kane's dedication to painting resulted in a fascinating body of work that has ended up in some of America's most important museums and private collections. His dramatic life story demonstrates the courage, strength, and creativity of his generation of workmen. They may be long gone, but thanks to Kane they cannot be forgotten.

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