Representation of the Struggling Artist in America, 1800-1865

This book analyzes how American painters, sculptors, and writers, active between 1800 and 1865, depicted their response to a democratic society that failed to adequately support them financially and intellectually.

Erika Schneider

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Chapters Introduction: The Mythology of Privation Political Beginnings: "You Have Come A Great Way To Starve" Man Enough: "Beggars 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!" Conclusion Bibliography