Robert Koehler's The strike : the improbable story of an iconic 1886 painting of labor protest /
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| Language: | English |
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Madison, Wis. :
The University of Wisconsin Press,
[2011]
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| Series: | Studies in American thought and culture.
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Table of Contents:
- Koehler's art training : Milwaukee, Manhattan, and Munich, 1865-79
- Images of women : Munich, 1879-92
- Koehler's first worker images and The socialist : Munich, 1879-85
- Art historical background and the railway strike of 1877
- Influences shaping The strike
- Labor-history context : an era of strife, 1877-86
- A strikebound debut, a conflicting reception, a Paris interlude : early exhibitions, 1886-89
- Milwaukee and the Chicago World's Fair : 1889-94
- Transatlantic progeny and a Minneapolis refuge : 1893-1917
- Ambiguous purchase and gradual obscurity : 1900-1917
- Rescue, restoration, and return to New York City : 1917-72
- Labor union patronage, museum exhibitions, and national fame : 1972-82
- Germany claims a national treasure : 1983 to the present.