A Legacy in Tramp Art
Clifford A Wallach
More the 600 color images present historical image and introduces newly discovered artist of tramp art, completed with their known biographies. Created from society’s discard materials, primarily wooden cigar boxes and wooden crates, tramp art is the story of the common man, unschooled in the arts, taking a simple too to carve a legacy from the heart. Engaging text tells the personal stories of theses tramp art creator, including stories from Augustus “Gus” Wynn, Levi Fisher Ames, Adolph Vandertie, John Kozimor, Robert Louis Kosmerl, Carl Briston, Ernest Huber and Charles Mikkelsen. Brave collectors who cherish and brought tramp art into their lives are also discussed. Boxes, picture frames, miniature houses, and carousels showcase the meticulous details of the art form. For anyone with a passion for folk art, this book will be a much-treasured addition to their library.
Tramp Art Another Notch, Folk Art from the Heart
Clifford A. Wallach
$99.99 MSRP + $5.00 S/H
In his second book on the subject, Tramp Art: Another Notch, Folk Art from the Heart, Clifford A. Wallach has captured the romance of these folk art objects made layer by layer, one notch at a time by untrained artists using simple tools and recycled materials. Tramp art was a democratic art, with artisans representing over 40 nationalities carving tramp art in America and was practiced throughout the world wherever men smoked cigars and the raw materials for their projects were available. Creating objects from the heart, the tramp artist was able to transform discarded wooden cigar boxes into pieces of utility and wonder.
Never before has the subject been studied in such depth. Wallach brings a rich assemblage of the history of the art form through the study of the artists’ lives and work. Wallach also dispels the misguided romantic mythologies long associated with tramp art and for the first time we are left with an accurate picture of who these noble notchers were.
The origin of tramp art remains a mystery although it does seem to have been passed throughout the world as if it were a recipe passed from family to family and neighbor to neighbor. In his new book Wallach chronicles both newly uncovered historic and contemporary makers with over 600 full color photographs and a value guide.
Clifford A. Wallach has been involved in the study of tramp art in all it glory for over 20 years. Since purchasing his first piece in a New York City flea market he has strived to learn more about this intriguing art form. Frustrated at the lack and reliability of scholarship on the subject he began a five year study into the artists and techniques of the art form culminating in his first book Tramp Art One Notch at a Time, published in 1998. This was the first book to dispel the mythology long associated with tramp art and gave an insight into how these artifacts from our creative past were assembled and who these noble notchers were.
Wallach has become the world’s leading authority on the subject, writing numerous articles, appearing on television and radio, giving lectures, and exhibiting tramp art throughout the country. He and his wife Nancy continue to devote their lives to the study of the art form, surrounded by an extensive collection of tramp art furniture, frames, boxes and items of whimsy.
Tramp Art One Notch at a Time
Clifford A. Wallach
$65.00 MSRP + $5.00 S/H
This book, Tramp Art, One Notch At A Time is the first book to illustrate the many faces of the artists, the history, the materials and the aesthetic beauty of the work. It dispels the romantic myths long associated with this art form and gives the reader a more precise definition of what it feels and looks like.
The book contains over 400 color portraits of artifacts both functional and whimsical all made layer by layer, one notch at a time. Since its publication Clifford has tramped the world lecturing, curating, writing, and exhibiting tramp art gaining respect and admiration from the art world for tramp art.
Tramp Art, One Notch At A Time, referred to as "The Bible of Tramp Art" by collectors is available through the author at a cost of $70.00 (includes shipping and handling).
