William Rimmer: Champion of Imagination in American Art

by Dorinda Evans

Book Overview

William Rimmer (1816-1879) is arguably the first modernist American sculptor, although his inventive originality has not been fully acknowledged. Rimmer cultivated an art of ideas and personal expression whilst supporting himself as a physician and, later, as a teacher of art anatomy at the Cooper Union School of Design for Women in New York.

Unlike his contemporaries, he advocated the creation of sculpture drawn entirely from the artist's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800647565
• ISBN13: 9781800647565
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Open Book Publishers
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.5" x 11.0"