Afton Historical Society Press -- hcAfton, Minnesota -- ©1996 -- 95pp
ISBN: 0-9639338-6-8
A look at Minnesota artists with a reputation in the impressionists methods.
"Foreward" -- William H. GerdtsAcknowledgements
Introduction
Arthur R. Allie (1872-1953)
Gertrude Barnes (1865-1926?)
Nicholas Richard Brewer (1857-1949)
Samuel Chatwood Burton (1881-1947)
Elisabeth Augusta Chant (186-1947)
Edwin M. Dawes (1872-1945)
Axel David Erickson (1869-1946)
Alexis Jean Fournier (1865-1948)
Anton Gag (1859-1908)
Herbjorn Gausta (1854-1924)
Alexander Grinager (1865-1949)
Sven August (Knute) Helder (1877-1952)
Alice Hugy (1876-1971)
Louise Kelly (?-1948)
Robert Koehler (1850-1917)
Alice Sumner Le Duc (1868-1962)
Philipp Little (1857-1942)
Clara Mairs (1878-1963)
Homer Dodge Martin (1836-1897)
Magnus Norstad (1884-?)
Nathaniel Fousette-Dart (1886-1965)
Carl Wendell Rawson (1884-1970)
Clarence Clark Rosenkranz (1871-1959)
Ada Augusta Wolfe (1878-1945)
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I was surprsied at just how much I enjoyed reading and looking through this book. I tend to think of impressionists as being the Monet, pastel ponds and lily-pads types of paintings, but some of these works were very moving.
Outstanding to me were Brewer, Burton, Ericson, Fournier, Koehler, and Norstad. Their works were stong, moving, vibrant and full of the passion of the artist(s).
That each of these artists had ties to Minnesota (my home state) made it all the more interesting. I know many of the areas that they painted.
A rich book, well worth reading.
