Franz A. Bischoff: The Life and Art of an American Master
Product Code: 74665
The definitive book on Franz A. Bischoff (1864-1929), with a clear and complete examination of this important artist both as an easel painter and a porcelain decorator. 224 pages, 9" x 12", 320 illustrations in color, with over 230 paintings and 60 pieces of porcelain, and numerous archival photographs and documents.
Born in Bohemia, Bischoff was trained as a china painter before coming to the United States at the age of eighteen in 1882 and settling in Michigan. Establishing himself as America's premier porcelain painter, he eventually settled in Pasadena and turned to landscape painting. Through the 1920s, he painted the coastal areas of Monterey and Laguna Beach, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and the desert near Palm Springs.
Franz A. Bischoff: The Life and Art of an American Master By Jean Stern, Executive Director of The Irvine Museum, with an essay by Scott A. Shields, Ph. D., Associate Director and Chief Curator of the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento.
Bischoff, Franz A.
Stern, Jean
Condition & Attributes
Very Fine in Very Fine dustjacket
Publishing Information
Irvine
The Irvine Museum
2010
1st
Physical Description
12.3 inches
9.3 inches
224 pages
320 color illustrations
Hardcover
cloth
English
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