Mobility and Identity in US Genre Painting

Painting at the Threshold

Lacey Baradel

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Routledge
31 December 2020

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; History of the Americas; Military history; Battles & campaigns

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This book examines the portrayal of themes of boundary crossing, itinerancy, relocation, and displacement in US genre paintings during the second half of the long nineteenth century (c. 1860–1910).

Through four diachronic case studies, the book reveals how the high-stakes politics of mobility and identity during this period informed the production and reception of works of art by Eastman Johnson (1824–1906), Enoch Wood Perry, Jr. (1831–1915), Thomas Hovenden (1840–95), and John Sloan (1871–1951). It also complicates art history’s canonical understandings of genre painting as a category that seeks to reinforce social hierarchies and emphasize more rooted connections to place by, instead, privileging portrayals of social flux and geographic instability.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, literature, American studies, and cultural geography.

By: Lacey Baradel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9780367409593
ISBN 10: 0367409593
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 31 December 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary , A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Mobility and Containment in Eastman Johnson’s Genre Paintings 2. Mapping Enoch Wood Perry’s Genre Scenes 3. Crossing Thresholds in Thomas Hovenden’s Breaking Home Ties 4. Dislocation and Connection in John Sloan’s Scenes of Urban Transport Conclusion

Lacey Baradel is a historian of the art of the United States. She has taught at the University of Washington, Seattle, and at Vassar College.