Paintings by American artists
A 1900 New York collection of paintings by American artists, compiled and published by Frederic Fairchild Sherman as a showcase of contemporary American painting. The pictures are tonal, monochrome reproductions of dim, atmospheric scenes: a pale figure against darkness, a seated woman beneath a tree, a winding road under a dark tree, and a bird before a moon. A designer might take from them the use of soft shadow, low light and large dark masses to build mood with very few tones.
