Description
A lengthy-awaited survey of feminine Summary Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting affect in their work
The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and plenty of different ladies performed best roles within the construction of Summary Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco within the Nineteen Forties and Fifties and has been known as the primary totally American brand new artwork motion. Despite the fact that the contributions of those ladies have been crucial to American artwork of the 20 th century, their paintings has now not gained the similar very important consideration as that in their male opposite numbers.
Women of Summary Expressionism is a protracted-late survey. Lavishly illustrated with complete-colour plates emphasizing the expressive freedom of direct gesture and procedure on the center of the motion, this ebook options biographies of greater than 40 artists, providing perception into their lives and paintings. Essays by means of referred to students discover the ways, considerations, and legacies of girls in Summary Expressionism, losing mild on their distinctive stories. This groundbreaking ebook finds the richness of the careers of those vital artists and gives willing new reflections on their paintings and the motion as an entire.
The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and plenty of different ladies performed best roles within the construction of Summary Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco within the Nineteen Forties and Fifties and has been known as the primary totally American brand new artwork motion. Despite the fact that the contributions of those ladies have been crucial to American artwork of the 20 th century, their paintings has now not gained the similar very important consideration as that in their male opposite numbers.
Women of Summary Expressionism is a protracted-late survey. Lavishly illustrated with complete-colour plates emphasizing the expressive freedom of direct gesture and procedure on the center of the motion, this ebook options biographies of greater than 40 artists, providing perception into their lives and paintings. Essays by means of referred to students discover the ways, considerations, and legacies of girls in Summary Expressionism, losing mild on their distinctive stories. This groundbreaking ebook finds the richness of the careers of those vital artists and gives willing new reflections on their paintings and the motion as an entire.
