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Owens-Thomas House Book
by Tania June Sammons
February 2009

The Telfair Museum of Art’s Owens-Thomas House in Savannah, Georgia, is considered one of the finest examples of Regency architecture in the United States. Named a National Historic Landmark in 1976 and listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, the Owens-Thomas House was designed by British architect William Jay and was built from 1816 to 1819. In addition to its architectural significance, the house features fine furnishings and decorative arts from the early nineteenth century. The house’s rare two-story urban slave quarters alone make it a must-see stop on any tour of historic downtown Savannah. The Owens-Thomas House boasts a storied past with political triumphs and personal tragedies, offering visitors unique insight into a young American world as it evolved in the early nineteenth century.

Freedom's March: Photographs of the Civil Rights Movement in Savannah by Frederick C. Baldwin
Forewords by Steven High, Michael Thurmond, and Otis S. Johnson, Introductory essays by Martha Keber and Holly Koons McCullough
September 2008

Marking the forty-fifth anniversary of the desegregation of Savannah, this book celebrates the civil rights photographs of Frederick C. Baldwin. First exhibited at the Telfair in 1983 under the title, " . . . We Ain't What We Used to Be": Photographs by Frederick C. Baldwin, these historically and aesthetically important images have recently been exhibited again, accompanied by an enhanced and expanded catalogue. Baldwin's images chronicle crucial events in the civil rights movement from voter registration drives to meetings in the longshoreman's hall to public marches and demonstrations, culminating in a visit to Savannah by Martin Luther King Jr.

Palliser
Introduction by Derek Mahon, Foreword by Steven High, Essay by Holly Koons McCullough
October 2008

British artist Anthony Palliser (b. 1949) is best known for his striking portraits of prominent figures from the worlds of art, literature, theater, and politics. His work ranges from a recent series of large-scale unadorned portrait heads to compelling Lowcountry landscapes and carefully rendered, thoughtful figure studies. Palliser resides in Paris but spends a portion of each year in Savannah. This book is published in conjunction with a recent exhibition of the artist’s oil paintings at the Telfair’s Jepson Center for the Arts.

Picturing Savannah: The Art of Christopher A. D. Murphy
Introduction by Cole Murphy, Foreword by Steven High
Feburary 2008

The first definitive publication to document the work of this important regional artist. This catalogue for the Telfair Museum of Art's exhibition Picturing Savannah: The Art of Christopher A. D. Murphy provides valuable information on Murphy's life and career, documenting four decades of his finest work in all media: oils, watercolors, etchings, and pencil and charcoal drawings.

The Kirk Varnedoe Collection
Introductions by Kadee Robbins and Adam Gopnik
March 2006

A guide to the unique collection of Telfair's paintings, drawings, and prints donated by twenty-two artists who either were friends with or were admired by the renowned curator and Savannah native Kirk Varnedoe (1946-2003). Each piece is reproduced alongside a remembrance of Varnedoe by the artist.

Collection Highlights: Telfair Museum of Art
Edited by Holly Koons McCullough
January 2005

The fascinating history of the Telfair, featuring 114 representative pieces of fine and decorative art from its vast collection, all superbly reproduced and thoroughly annotated.

Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist, Edited by Linda McWhorter

The exhibition catalogue Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist, edited by Linda McWhorter in association with the Telfair Museum of Art, is the first volume devoted to Frieseke's work. An excellent blend of biography and art history, the book opens with a family narrative written by the artist's grandson, who had access to all of Frieseke's papers and photographs. Three highly regarded specialists in American art have each contributed an essay on different stages in Frieseke's career, analyzing his work and putting it into historical perspective. Concluding with an invaluable chronology that corrects numerous errors perpetuated over the years, Frederick Carl Frieseke: The Evolution of an American Impressionist will be an essential publication for American art enthusiasts.

More than 100 color reproductions and close to 80 black-and-white illustrations adorn this gorgeous 216-page catalogue accompanying the first major retrospective of Frieseke's work. Color hardcover.

Frederick's Garden,
Written by Jennifer Lesko,
Illustrated by Harriett Delong

For the younger audience, the Telfair has produced a children's book to accompany the Frieseke exhibition. Chronicling the adventures of a mouse who lives in the Giverny garden where Frieseke painted, the book features full-color illustrations by Savannah artist Harriett Delong and original text by Jennifer Lesko.

25 pages with color softcover
12 color plates, 8 black-and-white line drawings

Nostrums for Fashionable Entertainments: Dining in Georgia, 1800-1850, Feay Shellman Coleman

Nostrums explores the fascinating world of the American South in the first half of the 19th century. Through examination of the 1819 dining room of one of Georgia's most prominent families, the Telfairs, Nostrums captures the flavor of the day. Additionally, almost four hundred decorative arts objects from the Telfair Museum's collection connected with dining are analyzed and catalogued.

156 pages with color softcover
96 black & white illustrations

Classical Savannah: Fine and Decorative Arts, 1800-1840
Page Talbot

This study of the classical style in the fine and decorative arts shows the extent to which it influenced the material culture of Savannah, Georgia from 1800 to 1840. More than 130 examples of objects owned in Savannah during this period are illustrated, described, and discussed.

Classical Savannah is the companion volume to the Classical Savannah exhibition, which opened in 1995 at the Telfair Museum. Showing well over half of the items in the exhibit, and including a detailed checklist of the additional seventy objects not illustrated in the book, Classical Savannah is a valuable source for historians, designers, decorators, and collectors.

200 pages with color soft cover
117 black & white illustrations

Looking Back: Art in Savannah 1900-1960
Pamela D. King & Harry H. DeLorme, Jr.

This exhibition catalog, presented by the Telfair Museum, establishes Savannah, Georgia as one of the cultural centers of the Southeast in the first half of the century. The city was the site of production for a wealth of notable visual arts, including American Impressionist paintings in the 1910s and '20s, American Scene and social realist works from the 1930s through the 1950s, and-outside the academic tradition-survivals of African culture in woodcarvings and canes by African-Americans.

120 pages with color soft cover
100 full color illustrations

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