TFAO Digital Library
Topical Information: American Scene Painting and Regionalism
From Resource Library in chronological
order:
See and hear from other web sites:
"California Holiday: The E. Gene Crain Collection" from absolutearts.com
Interview with E. Gene Crain, Conducted by Susan M. Anderson at the Artist's Law offices in Newport Beach, California, March 7, 20, 21 and May 22, 1999 from Smithsonian Archives of American Art
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art's web site for 5 Turner Alley
An Art Institute of Chicago web page on Grant Wood's American Gothic
A PBS Sister Wendy's American Collection web page on Grant Wood's American Gothic
Amazon.com' allows people on the Web to read text inside books including
To use this feature, search in "books," then enter title of book. When book is selected go to "look inside" and read sample pages of the book selected, which may include color images of the front cover, front flap, table of contents, excerpt such as the introduction chapter, alphabetical index, back flap and back cover. These books on American Gothic also have a word search feature, which enables registered individuals to search inside the books and pull up individual pages containing the selected words. [Click here for more on Amazon.com's project and other digitizing initiatives.]
Artcyclopedia.com covers American Regionalism, 25 Social Realists of the 1930s,
The Orange County Museum of Art is enabling individuals
to use iPods and other MP3 players to better appreciate its Villa America:
American Moderns, 19001950 exhibit. The OCMA web
site contains a 25-part audio tour of the exhibit which can be downloaded
by individuals before they visit the exhibit. The museum also makes iPods
available onsite for the use of visitors. (left: iPod image courtesy Apple
Computer)
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TFAO also suggests these DVD or VHS videos:
Thomas Hart Benton is a 60 minute1988 film from the Ken
Burns' America series by PBS. "The turbulent career of Thomas Hart
Benton, one of America's most controversial artists, 
began with experimentation
in Expressionism, Cubism, and other European styles abroad. Later, while
in the military, Benton was assigned to illustrate army equipment, discovering
in the process a realistic style that finally satisfied him. Returning to
civilian life, he became a Regionalist painter, portraying Americans as
down-to-earth types who expressed their "American-ness" through
their everyday actions and their appearance." Director Ken Burns combines
samples of Benton's work and interviews with art critics, family, and friends
as well as footage of Benton himself. Produced by Ken Burns and Julie Dumphey.
(Quote from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts)
Visions of California: The Story of California Scene Painting,
produced by Paul Bockhorst for KOCE Public Television in collaboration with
The Irvine Museum, 
is the 1994 story of California
Scene Painting 1925-1950. Bockhorst, working with scores of collectors and
dozens of institutions and museums nationwide, has created a three-part
series of artistic delight and intellectual insight that features almost
150 works of art.
Who is the Artist? Painters of the American Scene is a Crystal
Productions 28 minute video featuring the art of Benton, Hopper and Wood.
Students are taught how to recognize the different styles
and subjects of these painters of the American scene.
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