Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 264 mm, Gewicht: 1037 g
Buch, Englisch, 368 Seiten, Cloth Over Boards, Format (B × H): 187 mm x 264 mm, Gewicht: 1037 g
ISBN: 978-0-520-26841-8
Verlag: University of California Press
David Park (1911–1960), transplanted Bostonian turned ground-breaking West Coast painter, led the way in creating what became known as Bay Area Figurative Art—a daring move during the post-World War II years when abstract expressionism held sway. In this beautifully illustrated biography, compiled from comprehensive and sweeping interviews, Nancy Boas traces Park’s resolute search for a new kind of figuration, one that would penetrate abstract expressionism’s thickly layered surfaces and infuse them with human presence. Boas changes our understanding of Park as a painter, highlighting his strong influence on Richard Diebenkorn, Elmer Bischoff, and other artists at the California School of Fine Arts and the University of California, Berkeley. She plunges us into the lively 1940s and 1950s Bay Area art scene, pointing to Park’s work as a bold alternative to the abstractions of Clyfford Still. As the book deepens our admiration for Park’s figurative paintings, it affirms his stature as a major figure in American art, one who spurred the figurative impulse across the United States and abroad.
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Prologue. Values, Not Scenes
1. First Years, 1911–1928
2. Out West, 1928–1930
3. New Friends, 1931–1934
4. Genesis, 1934–1936
5. Back East, 1936–1941
6. The War Effort, 1941–1944
7. The California School of Fine Arts, 1945–1946
8. In the Studio, 1946–1949
9. I Call Them Pictures, 1950–1953
10. A Single Self, 1953–1955
11. From Domestic Scenes to Bathers and Nudes, 1955–1958
12. Image and Void, 1958–1959
13. End Story, 1959–1960
14. The Life of the Work, after 1960
Coda. The Blaze in the Darkness
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
List of Illustrations
Index
