The Bostonians: Painters of an Elegant Age, 1870-1930
Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1986. Softbound. Color illus wraps with white lettering., xii, 235 pp. 53 color, 115 bw plates. VG (one copy may have edge and spine wearing and owner's stamp). Item #5976.1
ISBN: 9780878462698
Introductory essay by Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. (The Course of Art in Boston). Other essays by William L. Vance (Redefining "Bostonian"), and Trevor J. Fairbrother (Painting in Boston, 1870-1930), followed by a catalogue of the exhibition. There are 112 pictures by 44 artists, each of whom is given a detailed biography in a section following the illustrations. After these biographies is an appendix of instructors and courses at the Museum School in Boston from 1876-1935. Extensive bibliography. Scarce.
OCLC: 14169783
Price: $29.97