Thomas Chambers: American Marine and Landscape Painter, 1808-1869

by Kathleen A. Foster

Book Overview

Labeled as a traveling American folk artist when he was rediscovered in the mid-20th century, the mysterious Thomas Chambers here receives a fresh and creative reassessment. Although his distinctive sea- and landscapes appear in many American collections, little is known about this English-born painter, who arrived in New Orleans in 1832 and disappeared from record in the mid-1860s, leaving many paintings that later resurfaced in rural New York...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030014105X
• ISBN13: 9780300141054
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.3" x 11.3"