The American scene: American painting of the 1930's

by Matthew Baigell

American Art & Artists Series. Primarily black-and-white reproductions, with one eight-page color section and two 4-page color sections between chapters. Slight wrinkling of front and back free endpapers, otherwise very good.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1974

About the author

Americanist art historian and professor of art history at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N. J. Baigell graduated undergraduate from the University of Vermont in 1954 and received his M.A. from Columbia University in 1955. He married Renee Moses in 1959. His Ph.D. was awarded at the University of Pennsylvania in 1965. He served in the U.S. Air Force between 1955-57 as lieutenant. Between 1961-65 was an instructor at Ohio State University, advancing to assistant professor, 1965-67, and then associate professor of art, 1967-68. He joined the Art Department of Rutgers University in New Jersey as associate professor in 1968, promoted to professor in 1972. Since 1978 he has been Distinguished Professor of art. Baigell has written seventeen books on art. His latest work is Peeling Potatoes, Painting Pictures: Women Artists in Post-Soviet Russia, Estonia, and Latvia (coauthored with Renee Baigell). He is also the co editor (with Milly Heyd) of Complex Identities: Jewish Consciousness and Modern Art (both titles from Rutgers University Press). His students include Gail Levin.