20th century american art history
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abstract expressionism
abstraction
american art history
american artists
american painter
american printmaker
art history
Author_Jane Livingston
bay area figurative movement
californian artists
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figurative art
geometric abstract paintings
illustrated text
inner life
integrity
lyrical abstract paintings
modern art
modernism
modernity
ocean park paintings
postwar american painting
representation
self consciousness
united states of america
Product details
- ISBN 9780520212589
- Weight: 1724g
- Dimensions: 249 x 305mm
- Publication Date: 01 Nov 1997
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California but whose work is beloved throughout the United States and the rest of the world. This catalogue is the most comprehensive volume on the artist now available. Jane Livingston's extensively researched biographical essay covers Diebenkorn's entire career and concentrates on the artist's inner life and purposes as revealed in his paintings. Ruth Fine deals primarily with the figurative aspect of Diebenkorn's work (1955-67), and John Elderfield concentrates on the Ocean Park period (1967-93). All three authors provide valuable insights based on their personal relationships with the artist and his widow, Phyllis. On both page and canvas, the reader can sense Diebenkorn's complexity and highly self-conscious working methods, as well as his formidable integrity. "The Art of Richard Diebenkorn" will give readers with an interest in all phases of modernism new thoughts about the relationship between abstraction and representation.
Stunningly illustrated, with 192 full-color reproductions, this book is an exhilarating testament to a distinctive American artist.
Jane Livingston is an independent author and curator living in Rappahannock County, Virginia. John Elderfield is Chief Curator-at-Large at The Museum of Modern Art. Ruth Fine is Curator of Modern Prints and Drawings at the National Gallery.
