Albert Bierstadt was an outmoded master by the mid-1870s.
But his work sparked a revival of interest in the 1960's.
Find out why in the new Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914

Whether it's pioneering artists, such as John White, who recorded the native flora, fauna and peoples of the early Virginia and North Carolina settlements, or American Impressionists like Theodore Robinson, Julian Alden Weir, and Childe Hassam, or the pivotal 1913 Armory Show, the new Grove Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914, brilliantly charts the evolution of artistic traditions in the emerging American nation.

The first volume in the Grove Library of World Art, the Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914 boasts 835 A-to-Z entries covering all the major artistic developments in the USA from the early Colonial period until 1914, with the start of World War 1. Modern students and historians of American art are sure to appreciate the wealth of illustrations – 420 black-and-white and 90 vivid color – that complement and enliven the entries too. 

Like the award-winning 34-volume Dictionary of Art, from which the expanded and thoroughly updated entries in the Encyclopedia of American Art before 1914 have been drawn, biographies of such well-known American artists as John Singleton Copley, Benjamin West, Thomas Cole, and Paul Revere are featured, as well as articles on art styles and movements, cities, building types, collectors, dealers, and important writers.  30 new biographies of late 19th- and early 20th-century Californian artists, who have frequently been overlooked in previous literature, are also included.  A sampling of the entries:

The encyclopedia also provides a comprehensive survey of all the fine and decorative art forms in America from the 17th century to the early 20th, as well as a map at the beginning of the USA survey showing which sites and cities have individual entries.

A preface, introduction, abbreviations key, notes on how to use the encyclopedia, four appendices, and a detailed index complete this invaluable art resource.

Published in accessible and affordable one-to three volume formats, the revised encyclopedias in The Grove Library of World Art make available for the first time  some of the most popular areas of the renowned Dictionary of Art, including:

•  African Art                         
•  Ancient Art
•  Asian Art      
•  Architecture
•  Art of the Americas                       
•  European Art

Grove's Dictionaries Inc. was founded in 1878 as the North American dictionary publishing division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, with headquarters in New York.  In addition to the acclaimed Grove Dictionary of Art, (published in 1996)  and Grove Dictionary of Art Online (launched in May 1999) Grove is known for two other flagship products, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, slated to go online in 2001, and The Encyclopedia of Life Sciences, available online now in preliminary form.