Author: Bernstein, Bruce with W. Jackson Rushing
Title: Modern by Tradition: American Indian Painting in the Studio Style
Description: Santa Fe, NM, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995. Hardcover. Red cloth/color DJ. 161 pp. 84+ color plates. The fine-art Studio of the Santa Fe Indian School, directed by noted educator, curator, and author Dorothy Dunn beginning in 1932, was a major force in bringing American Indian painting to national and worldwide attention. Through the collection that Dunn assembled over a lifetime, presented here for the first time, important works by such distinguished artists as Allan Houser, Joe H. Herrera, Oscar Howe, and Pablita Velarde are showcased. Many wonderful illustrations. Contents as follows: Art for the sake of life / by Bruce Bernstein -- Modern by tradition / by W. Jackson Rush -- Paintings from the collection. VG/VG .

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