A Critical Study of Philip Guston - Softcover

Ashton, Dore

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520069323 ISBN 13: 9780520069329

Verlag: University of California Press, 1990

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Book by Dore Ashton

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Reseña del editor:

Dore Ashton has updated the bibliography and added a new concluding chapter to her classic study of the paintings and drawings of Philip Guston, the only study of his work completely authorized by the artist. Philip Guston (1913-1980) was one of the most independent of the painters whose work was loosely linked by the term "abstract expressionism" during the 1950s, and he baffled admirers of his lushly beautiful abstract expressionist paintings by moving abruptly in mid-career to gritty figurative paintings in an almost cartoon-like style. One of the few critics who saw this at the time as a progressive development in his work was Dore Ashton, who here analyzes Guston's paintings and drawings in the context of the cultural milieu in which he worked, illuminating the dilemma facing artists who try to live with, understand, and express both the ideals of art and the reality of the world.

Biografía del autor:

Dore Ashton is Professor of Art History, The Cooper Union, and author of many books, including Fragonard in the Universe of Painting, About Rothko, A Fable of Modern Art, A Joseph Cornell Album, The New York School: A Cultural Reckoning.

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• Verlag: University of California Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0520069323
• ISBN 13: 9780520069329
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216