Living Art : The Life of Paul R. Jones, African American Art Collector

Name: Living Art : The Life of Paul R. Jones, African American Art Collector
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ISBN: 9780874130737

ISBN-10: 0874130735

ISBN-13: 9780874130737

Edition: 2009

Authors: Margaret Andersen, Neil F. Thomas

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This is a life history of one of the leading collectors of African American art. The book chronicles the life of a man who grew up during the height of the Jim Crow segregation in Alabama and became one of the nation's leading collectors of African American art. His vision is to make African American art an integral part of American art. This book chronicles his life and his gift of a substantial part of the Paul R. Jones Collection of African American art to the University of Delaware.

Book details

List price: $32.50
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: University of Delaware Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 144
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Acknowledgments



A Life of Art: Introducing Paul R. Jones



Coming of Age in a Company Town



Segregated Schools: An Integrated Mind



The Peacemaker, the Entrepreneur: Civil Rights and the Political Years



Putting Outsiders Within: The Collector's Vision



Transforming the Study of American Art


"Race, Art, and Biography: What's a Sociologist Doing in a Place Like This?": A Methodological Afterword



Paul R. Jones: Chronology



List of Paul R. Jones Collection Exhibitions and Catalogues


Notes


Bibliography


Index