Art of the real : nine American figurative painters / edited by Mark Strand ; foreword by Robert Hughes ; photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Art of the real : nine American figurative painters / edited by Mark Strand ; foreword by Robert Hughes ; photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders.
Publication Date
:
1983
Publication Information
:
New York : C.N. Potter,
Edition
:
1st ed.
Physical Description
:
239 p. : col. ill.
Subject Term
:
Figurative art -- United States.
Realism in art -- United States.
Painting, American.
Painting, American -- 20th century.
Additional Contributors
:
Strand, Mark, 1934-
Greenfield-Sanders, Timothy.
Summary
:
"Art of the Real" presents the work of nine foremost figurative Lennart Anderson, William Bailey, Jack Beal, Jane Freilicher, Alex katz, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Philip Pearlstein, Wayne Thiebaud, and Neil Welliver. These painters, who should perhaps be called the first new realists, began painting in the postwar period when abstract expressionism was on the ascendancy.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780517547595
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| St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT NFIC OVERSIZE - BASEMENT | Adult Non-Fiction Oversize - Basement | 759.13 AR7 | Checked In |