The Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800–1865

Synopsis

Analyzes How American Painters, Sculptors, And Writers Depicted Their Response To A Democratic Society That Failed To Support Them Financially And Intellectually, Employing The Struggling Or Starving Artist Image To Satirize The Country's Lack Of Patronage And Immortalize Their Own Struggle. Introduction : The Mythology Of Privation -- Political Beginnings : You Have Come A Great Way To Starve -- Man Enough : Beggers Are Not To Be Choosers -- Compromise : Paint For The Many, Not For The Few -- Respite Abroad : Though They Feed My Body...they Starve My Soul -- Reading Between The Lines : American Patrons, Pshaw! American Critics, Bah! Erika Schneider. Revision Of The Author's Thesis (ph. D.--temple University, 2007) Under The Title: Starving For Recognition : The Representation Of Struggling Artists In America, 1810-1865. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.