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Art of the real : nine American figurative painters / edited by Mark Strand ; foreword by Robert Hughes ; photographs by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders

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TextPublication details: New York : C.N. Potter : Distributed by Crown Publishers, c1983Edition: 1st edDescription: 239 p. : illus. ; 29 cmISBN:

0517547597

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REF 759.13 STR

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. The book contains 111 full-color paintings and 78 black-and-white drawings, paintings, and pastels illustrate the range, style, method, and importance of the of the figurative movement in American painting.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	Consulta / Referencia	REF 759.13 STR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	non fiction		034696

"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. The book contains 111 full-color paintings and 78 black-and-white drawings, paintings, and pastels illustrate the range, style, method, and importance of the of the figurative movement in American painting.

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