Books published by Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Showcasing one of the useful collections of American art, this two-volume set features 267 paintings reproduced in colour and illuminated with research findings. It includes works that span American history from the colonial period through to the end of World War II and are by many of America's known artists, including Mary Cassatt, Thomas Cole.

Romancing the West presents thirty captivating works on paper spanning the subjects and techniques that the artist developed over more than thirty years. Mainly studio works in various stages of completion and in a sometimes unorthodox fusion of media, they provide a window onto not only how Alfred Jacob Miller worked, but how he envisioned the American West.