Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement (Dallas Museum of Art Publications (YUP))

Kevin W Tucker; Beverly K Brandt; David Cathers; Joseph Cunningham; Beth Ann McPherson; Tommy McPherson

ISBN 10: 0300118023 / ISBN 13: 9780300118025

Published by Dallas Museum of Art; Yale University Press, Dallas, Texas & New Haven, 2010

About this Item

Hardback bound in green cloth-covered boards with black titles. Book has a small bump on lower front corner; otherwise clean, tight and unmarked interior. Dust jacket has very light edge wear (now protected in archival jacket cover). Many color examples of his Arts and Craft movement. 272 pages. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement (Dallas Museum of Art Publications (YUP))
• Publisher: Dallas Museum of Art; Yale University Press, Dallas, Texas & New Haven
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0300118023
• ISBN 13: 9780300118025
• Binding: Hardback
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: VG
• Dust Jacket Condition: VG+
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

With its emphasis on social reform and simplicity in design - bold lines, honest use of materials, and redeeming qualities of handmade goods - the Arts and Crafts movement offered an antidote to the perceived ills of a rapidly changing world and the ornate and artificial Victorian aesthetic of the late 19th century. In the first years of the 20th century, the movement was popularized in the United States through the efforts of Gustav Stickley (1858-1942), a businessman who promoted a progressive American style and the ideal of the simple life through the efforts of his furniture factory and publication, The Craftsman. Gustav Stickley and the American Arts & Crafts Movement accompanies the first nationally touring exhibition of Stickleys work and explores his dual roles as a visionary business leader and enthusiastic proselytizer of design reform. The full range of Stickleys workshops is illuminated, including more than 100 objects of furniture, metalwork, and textiles, as well as architectural drawings and related designs, many of which are previously unpublished. Essays by distinguished contributors provide diverse viewpoints on the Arts and Crafts movement and Stickley's evolving role as tastemaker, and the often contradictory messages conveyed through the construction and promotion of his designers works. This handsome volume provides fascinating new insight into the dramatic transformation of a factory owner into one of the leading figures of the American Arts and Crafts movement.

About the Author

Kevin W. Tucker is The Margot B. Perot Curator of Decorative Arts and Design at the Dallas Museum of Art. Beverly K. Brandt is a professor in the School of Design Innovation at Arizona State University. David Cathers is a writer and consultant on Stickley. Joseph Cunningham is the curatorial director of the American Decorative Art 1900 Foundation. Beth Ann McPherson, formerly Curator for The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, is an acknowledged authority on American Arts and Crafts textiles. Tommy McPherson, formerly Director and CEO of The Stickley Museum at Craftsman Farms, is the Director of the Mobile Museum of Art, Alabama.