Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature. He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature. He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age 10 with his family to Brooklyn, New York and later to Buffalo. His father, encouraging his son's art talent, hired a private tutor, and he later attended the Buffalo Albright Art School* where his teacher was Lucius Hitchcock. In 1902, he enrolled on... Read full biography
Known for his Tonalist* nature paintings, especially snow scenes, in conservative style, John Carlson was one of the leading landscape painters in America in the early 20th century. He founded the John F Carlson School of Landscape painting in Woodstock, New York, and in 1942, co-founded with Emile Gruppe a summer school in Gloucester. He was a proponent of juxtaposing light and shadow to capture the changing moods of nature. He spent his childhood in Kalmar-Lan, Sweden, and immigrated at age 10 with his family to Brooklyn, New York and later to Buffalo. His father, encouraging his son's art talent, hired a private tutor, and he later attended the Buffalo Albright Art School* where his teacher was Lucius Hitchcock. In 1902, he enrolled on a scholarship at the Art Students League* in New York City, and his teachers were Frank Vincent DuMond and Birge Harriso... Read full biography
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About John Fabian Carlson: Books
Books & Publications (57)
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A History of American Tonalism
2010
Cleveland, David Adams
592 pages (color)
Helen M. Kroeger & Otto J. Kurth The Anchorage Studio and Peconic Bay Impressionism
2010
Terry Wallace
130 pages (color)
Salmagundi Club Painting Exhibition Records 1940-1951 and Water Color Exhibition Records 1900-1951
2009
Katlan, Alexander W.
623 pages
Woodstock History and Hearsay (Second Edition)
2006
Smith, Anita M
335 pages (color)
Caroline M. Bell and the Peconic Bay Impressionists
2006
Wallace, Terry
188 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Blue Chips
2004
Alterman, Jim
128 pages (color)
Paintings and Sculpture in the Collection of The National Academy of Design Volume One: 1826-1925
2004
Dearinger, David B.
672 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Circles of Influence, A Timeline
2004
Vose, Marcia (editor)
38 pages (color)
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Winter 2003, Volume XI
2003
Vose, Marcia Latimore (Editor)
36 pages (color)
The Carlson's: The Paintings of Mr. and Mrs. John Fabian Carlson
2000
Alterman, James
90 pages (color)
Painters and the American West: The Anschutz Collection
2000
Troccoli, Joan Carpenter
218 pages (color)
John F. Carlson and Artists of the Broadmoor Academy
1999
Cuba, Stanley
104 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Carl W Peters: American Scene Painter from Rochester
1999
Love, Richard H
927 pages (color)
The Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
0 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997
Vose Galleries
35 pages (color)
American Art Colonies 1850-1930 A Guide to Original Art Colonies and Their Artists
1996
Shipp, Steve
159 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
American Impressionism from the Sheldon Memorial Gallery (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Gerdts, William (Essay); George Neubert, (Editor)
79 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design: 1901-1950 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings
622 pages
The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
1,117 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One)
1990
Gerdts, William H
421 pages (color)
Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes
196 pages (color)
Pikes Peak Vision The Broadmoor Art Academy, 1919-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Colorado Springs Art Center
196 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings
612 pages
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc
1989
La Cour, Donna Ward
196 pages
The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
1988
Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy
376 pages (color)
Looking Back A Perspective on the 1913 Inaugural Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Marling, Karal Ann
55 pages (color)
Impressionism and Post-Impressionism Transformations 1885-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Preato, Robert R.; Dr. Sandra L. Langer
104 pages (color)
Woodstock's Art Heritage Permanent Collection Woodstock A A
1987
Woodstock Art Association
176 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
300 Years of American Art (two volumes)
1986
Zellman, Michael David
1,102 pages (color)
Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985
Dawdy, Doris
1,184 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Frontier Spirit: William Foxley Collection Museum of Western Art
1983
Foxley, William
200 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Artists
1982
Opitz, Glenn
372 pages
The Toledo Museum of Art American Paintings
1979
Strickler, Susan (Catalogue); William Hutton (Editor)
227 pages (color)
Woodstock, An American Art Colony 1902-1977 (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Marling, Karal Ann
220 pages
Biographical Sketches of American Artists
1972
Earle, Helen L
370 pages
Permanent Collection Catalog Springville Museum of Art
1972
Forster, Peggy; Julie Snow Birkhimer; Mae Huntington
75 pages (color)
A Show of Color 100 Years of Painting/Pike's Peak Region (Exhibition catalog)
1971
Shalkop, Robert L
94 pages
Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc 1965 Year Book (Exhibition catalog)
1965
Barrie, Erwin S (editor)
73 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
1953
Carlson, John F
144 pages (color)
Eyes on America United States as Seen by Her Artists
1940
Hall, W. S.
150 pages (color)
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index