American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane

by Maxwell King

Book Overview

American Workman presents a comprehensive, novel reassessment of the life and work of one of America's most influential self-taught artists, John Kane. With a full account of Kane's life as a working man, including his time as a steelworker, coal miner, street paver, and commercial painter in and around Pittsburgh in the early twentieth century, the authors explore how these occupations shaped his development as an artist and his breakthrough...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822947048
• ISBN13: 9780822947042
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.1" x 9.3"