{"product_id":"van-gogh-in-america-9780300247091","title":"Van Gogh in America","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fascinating exploration of the introduction of Vincent van Gogh's work to the United States one hundred years later\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) is one of the most iconic artists in the world, and how he became a household name in the United States is a fascinating, largely untold story. \u003ci\u003eVan Gogh in America\u003c\/i\u003e details the early reception of the artist's work by American private collectors, civic institutions, and the general public from the time his work was first exhibited in the United States at the 1913 Armory Show up to his first retrospective in an American museum at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1935, and beyond. The driving force behind this project, the Detroit Institute of Arts, was the very first American public museum to purchase a Van Gogh painting, his \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1922, and this publication marks the centenary of that event. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Leading Van Gogh scholars chronicle the considerable efforts made by early promoters of modernism in the United States and Europe, including the Van Gogh family, Helene Kröller-Müller, numerous dealers, collectors, curators, and artists, private and public institutions, and even Hollywood, to frame the artist's biography and introduce his art to America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDistributed for the Detroit Institute of Arts \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExhibition Schedule: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetroit Institute of Arts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (October 2, 2022-January 22, 2023)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJill Shaw \u003c\/b\u003eis the head of the James Pearson Duffy Department of Modern and Contemporary Art and Rebecca A. Boylan and Thomas W. Sidlik Curator of European Art, 1850-1970, at the Detroit Institute of Arts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Detroit Institute of Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50567521566994,"sku":"9780300247091","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3f16b3a9-b15f-4e0e-ab17-65b26eaaa851.jpg?v=1731922381","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/van-gogh-in-america-9780300247091","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}