Lance Mayer and Gay Myers work at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London, Connecticut, and as independent conservators.
"Mayer and Myers present an important ground-breaking compilation
for all students of American painting, and indeed, of European
painting."--The Burlington Magazine
"Highly recommended."--Choice
"Written to be accessible to curators, art historians, and painters
as well as conservators, it offers a procession of fascinating
personalities woven into a cohesive narrative that intertwines with
American history." --Fine Art Connoisseur
"[The authors] have researched the topic for three decades,
consulting sources as obscure as shopkeepers' bills and paint still
encrusted on artists' palettes."--New York Times
"Conservators Lance Mayer and Gay Myers present a wealth of
technical information amid amusing anecdotes and eccentric artistic
profiles. Relying on primary sources, they uncover the creative
processes and wide-ranging materials used by renowned American
artists such as Benjamin West and Rembrandt
Peale."--Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide
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