One of the leading 19th-century American neoclassical* sculptors, "Thomas Crawford was the only one of the first generation of American neoclassical sculptors to become known as master of public... Read full biography
One of the leading 19th-century American neoclassical* sculptors, "Thomas Crawford was the only one of the first generation of American neoclassical sculptors to become known as master of public statuary." (Tolles, 34) He was born in New York City and spent most of his career in Rome, Italy with... Read full biography
One of the leading 19th-century American neoclassical* sculptors, "Thomas Crawford was the only one of the first generation of American neoclassical sculptors to become known as master of public statuary." (Tolles, 34) He was born in New York City and spent most of his career in Rome, Italy with only brief trips to the United States including in 1844, 1849, and 1856. "Crawford . He began his career working for the stone-cutting firm of Frazee and Launitz, owned by John Frazee and Robert E.... Read full biography
One of the leading 19th-century American neoclassical* sculptors, "Thomas Crawford was the only one of the first generation of American neoclassical sculptors to become known as master of public statuary." (Tolles, 34) He was born in New York City and spent most of his career in Rome, Italy with only brief trips to the United States including in 1844, 1849, and 1856. "Crawford . He began his career working for the stone-cutting firm of Frazee and Launitz, owned by John Frazee and Robert E. Launitz, two individuals who would have an impact on Crawford's career. Frazee was one of America's first artists to work successfully in the classical* tradition, and Launitz introduced Crawford to his teacher, Bertel Thorwaldsen, then a famous Danish... Read full biography
One of the leading 19th-century American neoclassical* sculptors, "Thomas Crawford was the only one of the first generation of American neoclassical sculptors to become known as master of public statuary." (Tolles, 34) He was born in New York City and spent most of his career in Rome, Italy with only brief trips to the United States including in 1844, 1849, and 1856. "Crawford . He began his career working for the stone-cutting firm of Frazee and Launitz, owned by John Frazee and Robert E. Launitz, two individuals who would have an impact on Crawford's career. Frazee was one of America's first artists to work successfully in the classical* tradition, and Launitz introduced Crawford to his teacher, Bertel Thorwaldsen, then a famous Danish sculptor. In late 1835, Crawford sailed from New York City to Rome, with a letter of introduction from Launitz... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (57)
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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
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art Volume One: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born Before 1865
1999
Tolles, Thayer (Editor); Lauretta Dimmick, Donna J. Hassler
451 pages (color)
Critical Issues in American Art A Book of Readings
1998
Calo, Mary Ann
328 pages
Made in America Ten Centuries of American Art
1995
Adams, H. and Johnson, K.
192 pages (color)
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Art & Empire The Politics of Ethnicity in th US Capitol 1815-1860
1992
Fryd, Vivien Green
273 pages
Meadows of Memory Images of Time & Tradition in American Art & Culture
1992
Kammen, Michael
192 pages
Discovered Lands Invented Pasts Transforming Visions of the American West
1992
Prown, Jules; Nancy Anderson, William Cronon
217 pages (color)
The Lure of Italy American Artists and the Italian Experience (Exhibition catalog)
1992
Stebbins, Theodore E
470 pages (color)
American Paintings and Sculpture to 1945 in the Carnegie Museum of Art
1992
Strazdes, Diana
511 pages (color)
The Magisterial Gaze Manifest Destiny & Landscape Painting 1830-1865
1991
Boime, Albert
188 pages (color)
Neo-Classicism in America: Inspiration and Innovation. 1810-1840 (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Garrett, Wendell (essay); Stuart Feld (Intro)
136 pages (color)
Carl Wimar Chronicler of the Missouri River Frontier (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Stewart, Rick (et al)
251 pages (color)
The Railroad in American Art Representations of Technological Change
1988
Danly, Susan/Leo Marx
218 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
Baigell, Mathew
420 pages
Sculpture in America (new and revised edition)
1984
Craven, Wayne
782 pages
Pre-Twentieth Century American and European Painting and Sculpure
1984
Harding, Jonathan P
185 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
Dictionary of 19th Century American Artists in Italy (1760-1940)
1982
Soria, Regina
332 pages
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
The Boston Athenaeum Art Exhibition Index 1827-1874 (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Perkins, Robert/Wm J Gavin III
325 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
1979
Brown, Milton W (others)
616 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
The Fine Arts in America
1979
Taylor, Joshua C
264 pages
American Art to 1900 Painting, Sculpture, Architecture
1977
Brown, Milton W
631 pages (color)
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
200 Years of American Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Armstrong, Tom
336 pages (color)
Art in the United States Capitol
1976
Editor for Architect of the Capitol
0 pages (color)
The Second Fifty Years:American Art 1826-1876
1976
Riggs, Timothy A
95 pages
The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West
1976
Samuels, Peggy and Harold
549 pages
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The Great American Nude A History in Art
1974
Gerdts, William H
224 pages (color)
The Indian and the Black Man The Image in American Art
1974
Parry, Ellwood
189 pages
The Artist's America American Heritage History of
1973
Davidson, Marshall
416 pages (color)
A History of American Art
1973
Mendelowitz, Daniel M
662 pages
The Hand and Spirit Religious Art in America 1700-1900 (Exhibition catalog)
1972
Dillenberger, Jane/J C Taylor
192 pages (color)
19th Century America Hundredth Anniversary/Metropolitan Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1970
Howat, John K (others)
220 pages (color)
The Artists of America A Series of Biographical Sketches
1970
Lester, C Edwards
257 pages
The Art Makers of Nineteenth Century America
1970
Lynes, Russell
514 pages
The Arts in America The Nineteenth Century
1969
Garrett, Wendell (others)
412 pages
The American Artist Abroad (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Kennedy Galleries
75 pages (color)
Art and Life in America Revised and Enlarged Edition
1966
Larkin, Oliver W
559 pages (color)
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860
1957
Groce, George; David Wallace
759 pages
History of the National Academy of Design, 1825-1953
1954
Clark, Eliot
296 pages
Yankee Stonecutters: The First American School of Sculpture, 1800-1850
1944
Gardner, Albert T. E.
0 pages
National Academy of Design Exhibition Record, 1826-1860 (Exhibition catalog)
1943
Cowdrey, Mary Bartlett
0 pages
American Portraits Catalogue of Portraits in Oil, Miniature, Sculptures
1941
New York Historical Society
367 pages
Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index
1935
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge
1,130 pages
A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One
1932
Hartmann, Sadekichi
363 pages
Art and Artists of the Capitol of the United States of America