Books written by John Wilmerding

William M. Harnett

The forty-nine works reproduced in full color and arranged chronologically provide the first comprehensive survey of Harnett's work. A bibliography, chronology, and thorough index add to the reference value of this handsome volume.
Winslow Homer in the 1870s: Selections from the Valentine-Pulsifer Collection

All but one of the works illustrated here date from the 1870s, the central decade of Homer's life and a critical one in his development into a mature artist.
American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art

Martin Johnson Heade Stebbins , Theodore E. , Jr. The Life and Works of Martin Johnson Heade . New Haven , Conn . , and London , 1975 . Robert Henri Homer , William I. ... Edward Hopper : The Art and the Artist . New York , 1980 .
The Essential Robert Indiana

"Decoding Robert Indiana's work for a new generation, this revelatory book explores previously unknown autobiographical elements in the work of the Pop artist and printmaker.
Maine Sublime: Frederic Edwin Church's Landscapes of Mount Desert and Mount Katahdin

Maine provided sensational sunsets, robust waves crashing on rocky shores, and an abundance of wilderness well suited to Frederic Church's artistic vision. Maine Sublime brings together all of the Maine artwork in the Olana collection.
Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art

The sterling collection of drawings and watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art is highlighted in this scholarly and engaging publication.
American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875 : Paintings, Drawings, Photographs

This work was first published in 1980 by the National Gallery of Art in conjunction with a major exhibition under the same title.
American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875 : Paintings, Drawings, Photographs

An exhibition to be held at the National Gallery of Art, Feb. 10-June 15, 1980.
American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850-1875 : Paintings, Drawings, Photographs

Rediscovers the works of Gifford, Kensett, Heade, and Church, all of which exhibit the radiant effects of light and atmosphere
Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures

Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures
Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures

Presents the more than 240 works from the collection of Leonard Andrews. These works center around one model, Helga Testorf, a neighbor in Chadds Ford, that Wyeth worked on in...
American art in the Princeton University Museum: Drawings and watercolors. Volume I

This lavishly illustrated book highlights seventy-seven master drawings and watercolors chosen from the museum’s extensive collection.
American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: Drawings and watercolors. Volume 1

This book accompanies an exhibition on view at the Princeton University Art Museum (October 16, 2004, to January 9, 2005) the Musee d'Art Americain, Giverny, France (Spring 2005) and the High Museum of Art, Atlanta (Spring 2006).
American Masters from Bingham to Eakins: The John Wilmerding Collection

In his career as a scholar and a teacher of American art, John Wilmerding has assembled a collection of 51 exceptional paintings and drawings by 19th century American landscape artists...
Wayne Thiebaud

With more than ninety color illustrations, this book and the exhibition it documents—put together by noted art historian John Wilmerding—reveal the painter to be preoccupied with a larger slice of American life.
Important Information Inside: The Art of John F. Peto and the Idea of Still-life Painting in Nineteenth-Century America

Examines the paintings of John F. Peto in the context of American art and culture and discusses his use of color, light, and dramatic contrasts
Master, Mentor, Master: Essay by Dr. John Wilmerding: Thomas Cole and Frederic Church

Published to accompany the 2014 exhibition at the Thomas Cole Historic Site, the first exhibition to focus on the influential teacher-student relationship between the founder of the Hudson River School of painting, Thomas Cole (1801-1848) ...
Audubon, Homer, Whistler and Nineteenth-century America

Audubon, Homer, Whistler and Nineteenth-century America
Nineteenth-Century America: Paintings and Sculpture

(This book was originally published in 1969/70.)
The Pop Object: The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art

With more than ninety color illustrations, this large-format book brings together the most important examples of works by artists Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Marisol, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Wayne Thiebaud, Andy ...