Contributions

  • Hagerty, Donald J. - Contributor
  • Dixon, Maynard, 1875-1946. - Contributor
  • Tucson Museum of Art. - Contributor

Publication

2008 - Distributed by University of Oklahoma Press, Tucson, Ariz, Arizona

Language

English

Word Count

37,000 words, Guess

Page Count

148 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100911611363
  • ISBN-139780911611366
  • Goodreads3777760
  • Library of Congress Control Number2008924414
  • OCLC Control Number227031614
and 2 more
  • Better World Books9780911611366
  • Open LibraryOL23202240M

Classifications

  • LCCND237.D5 A4 2008

Alternate Titles

  • Maynard Dixon's Arizona

Description

"The California-born Dixon (1875-1946) first traveled to Arizona in 1900 to experience what he believed was a vanishing West. Amid the mesas, canyons, and desertlands of the region he found visual inspiration and a spiritual solace that would shape both his painting and his life. His response to Arizona's natural and cultural landscapes would fuel the evolution of a powerful personal style; the place would ultimately become both an aesthetic and personal refuge." "Thomas Brent Smith explores Dixon's departure from traditional depictions of human conflict in the "Old West" model, as rendered by artists such as his predecessors Frederic Remington and others, in favor of a new body of tranquil and idealistic western images. Donald J. Hagerty presents a biographical essay tracing Dixon's travels amid the lands and people of Arizona and exploring their impact on his art. The two essays are followed by a "Chronological Folio" of Dixon's Arizona works from the early drawings of Native American subjects and scenes made in 1900 to the gentle and eloquent landscapes of his final years."--Jacket.

Subjects

Topics

In artExhibitionsArt, americanPainting, techniqueArizona -- In art -- ExhibitionsDixon, Maynard, -- 1875-1946 -- Exhibitions

Genres

  • Exhibitions
  • In art

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