Background
Bowman, Leslie Greene was born on November 9, 1956 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Robert Hebblethwaite and Phyllis Jane (Weikart) Greene.
(Influenced by developments in Europe, American proponents...)
Influenced by developments in Europe, American proponents in the late 19th and early 20th centuries successfully promoted the "minor arts" as fine art hand-wrought by individual craftsmen, extolling the virtue of everyday objects and a return to honest, simple materials and workmanship. The designs are, perhaps, the closest embodiment there is of "American style". Included are furniture, ceramics, metalwork, glass, books, drawings and textiles by Gustav Stickley, Greene & Greene, Frank Lloyd Wright, Tiffany Studios and many others. This book looks at their work.
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( The rococo style was among the primary artistic contri...)
The rococo style was among the primary artistic contributions of the eighteenth century. Its manifestations throughout Europe have been comprehensively acknowledged and chronicled, but its influence in America, where it was probably the century's crowning design achievement (commonly referred to as the Chippendale style), had never been thoroughly examined. It was a lavish taste that found surprisingly fertile ground in the colonies, where affluent members of society, rejoicing in their hard-won prosperity, strove to adopt London fashions. The exhibition, "American Rococo, 1750–1775: Elegance in Ornament" was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the latter's motivations emanating from the desire to bring an exhibition of American Chippendale furniture to a city where such objects have always been in short supply. The book includes chapters on European origins and the American manifestations of the rococo, a brief discussion of firearms, and architecture, and medium-based explorations of objects made of paper, silver, wood, iron, glass, and ceramic. This book was originally published in 1992 and has gone out of print. This edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.
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Bowman, Leslie Greene was born on November 9, 1956 in Springfield, Ohio, United States. Daughter of Robert Hebblethwaite and Phyllis Jane (Weikart) Greene.
Bachelor of Philosophy, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1978. Master of Arts in Early American Culture, University Delaware, 1981.
Curatorial assistant Los Angeles County Museum Art, 1980-1981, assistant curator decorative arts & European sculpture, 1981-1984, associate curator decorative arts, 1984-1988, curator decorative arts & assistant director exhibition programs, 1989—1997. With National Museum Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, 1997—1999. Director & Chief Executive Officer Winterthur Museum & Country Estate, Winterthur, Delaware, since 1999.
Consultant curator Oakland Museum, 1986, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1986-1990. Curatorial board directors Decorative Arts Study Center, San Juan Capistrano, California, 1990, adjunct professor University Southern California, 1988, instructor University of California at Los Angeles, 1988. Member Committee for the Preservation of the White House, since 1993, member board trustees National Trust History Preservation.
(Influenced by developments in Europe, American proponents...)
(Chronicles the origins of the Rococo style in furniture a...)
( The rococo style was among the primary artistic contri...)
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Member American Ceramic Arts Society, American Ceramic Circle, English Ceramic Circle, Furniture History Society, French Porcelain Society, Glass Circle, National Early American Glass Club, American Association Museums (Accreditation Commission), Association Art Museum Directors (board directors), Charles Rennie MacIntosh Society (Scotland), Society of Winterthur Graduates, Society of Silver Collectors.
Married Cortland Neuhoff, December 12, 1984. 1 child: Haley Neuhoff.