Art in the White House: A Nation's Pride

Beautifully presented and accompanied by lively and informative essays, this volume presents for the first time the entire art collection of the White House. By tracing the development of the collection from 1800 to the present, Kloss covers the history of the events of the nation as well as a social history of the widely divergent tastes of the American populace. The book is divided into three parts: an overview of the collection's development is followed by full-page color plates of 100 highlights, and a complete alphabetical catalog of the 450 works gives details on each. The volume juxtaposes Remington bronzes, Sargent paintings, First Lady portraits, Impressionist landscapes, Hudson River School masterpieces, American primitives, and numerous other schools of artistic expression. ISBN 0-8109-3965-7: $ 49.50 (For use only in the library).… (more)