"Discovering the Fantastic" Robert Winthrop Chanler | Hardcover Book of Folk Art

TITLE: "Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic" DESCRIPTION: American modernism is populated with a cast of extraordinary characters, but few were as exuberant as Robert Winthrop Chanler, who made his artistic reputation with exotic and brilliantly colored lacquered screens and architectural interiors whose compositions feature fantastical avian, jungle, and aquatic creatures, many overlaid with iridescent metallic finishes. Chanler painted what entertained and interested him, while attracting wealthy Gilded Age patrons and earning popular and critical acclaim at numerous exhibitions • including the 1905 Salon d’Automne Genre: Modernist Painting; Folk Art; Artist Biography Condition: Brand new! Length: 255 pages Dimensions: 24.13 x 2.22 x 27.94 cm Weight: 1555g ᴋᴇʏᴡᴏʀᴅꜱ: henri matisse book vincent van gogh book banksy art claude monet book keith haring art basquiat art frida kahlo book picasso gifts for artists gifts for artist gifts for painters gift for painter gifts gustav klimt art andy warhol book rothko art salvador dali book leonardo da vinci book degas art vermeer art paul klee art painter gift for artist vintage books used books rare books picture book old books hardcover book antique book antique books