The Immortal Eight: American Painting from Eakins to the Armory Show, 1870-1913

by Bennard B. Perlman

Hardback book with dust jacket titled THE IMMORTAL American Painting From Eakins to the Armory Show,1870-1913 by Bernard B. Perlman. Published by North Light publishers in 1979 - stated first printing.Illustrated with color and black and white reproductions of the artist work. See my photographs (8) of this book on main listing page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-C-1-TS-L) rareviewbooks

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1979

About the author

Bennard B. Perlman was a Baltimore artist, professor, critic, lecturer and author.

Reviews

[Jose · Rating 2 out of 5]

A history of some of the artists that made New York their home and subject at the beginning of the twentieth century, mostly those of the so-called Ashcan school . Henri, Sloan, Glackens, Shinn, Davies, Lowry, Pendergast ,etc. They mastered to create art out of the alleyways, tenements and rooftops of crowded cities and the occasional landscape or portrait. Most of them started their careers as illustrators for the press.
The book traces their careers and friendships from the time when they started meeting with the resistance of the academic cliques to the time when they themselves were surpassed by more radical artists from Europe.