A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery

by Carolyn Kinder, Ellen Miles, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Portraiture is a unique genre that is common ground both for American art history and for history told through the biographies of the people who shaped it. Offering 78 wide-ranging examples from the incomparable National Portrait Gallery's collection, A Brush with History showcases the American portrait tradition from the country's beginnings to the present. The book contains essays by the museum's Deputy Director Carolyn Kinder Carr and by Curator...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1584650796
• ISBN13: 9781584650799
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Instit
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.4" x 12.3"