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 Anton G‡g:
Immigrant Artist and Art
Appreciation
2-part DVD ages 12-Adult
with study guide and lesson plan
$26.00 plus $3 handling
Part
1 on this DVD presents a 55-minute biography of the German-Bohemian painter,
photographer and fresco artist who immigrated to Minnesota in 1873. Anton was
the father of seven children, among them Wanda G‡g, author-illustrator of Millions
of Cats and other award-winning picture books, and Flavia G‡g, also
an author and illustrator of books for young people.
Introduces members of the unique, creative G‡g family.
Fosters an appreciation for their German-Bohemian heritage in New Ulm,
Minnesota, that serves as background for AntonŐs artistic style. The script
has been meticulously edited by Darla Gebhard and George Glotzbach,
historians from New Ulm.
Part 2 is ŇArt AppreciationÓ, a 30-minute analysis of
AntonŐs still lifes, portraits, history paintings, landscapes, photographs
and decorative work, including church murals. This is the most complete
collection anywhere of the artistŐs work. The script was written by Ruth
Grim, curator at the Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida and includes a
fascinating discovery of another painting by William De Leftwich Dodge that
was the inspiration for AntonŐs well-known ŇDeath of MinnehahaÓ.
An excellent background activity for young people and
adults in art history is to study the Dodge and G‡g versions of ŇDeath of
MinnehahaÓ in an attempt to unravel the mystery of how, why and in what order
the paintings might have been done.
See also OxCartŐs other DVDs about members of the G‡g
family. And for students of the immigrant experience, see Borghild Dahl: The
Immigrant Experience.
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