Charles Demuth
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| Rating | : | 4.33 (663 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0810911353 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
"Worthy choice" according to Richard R. Schwartz. I have some books on Demuth, but this one has far more reproductions of his work than I'd seen before. Very thorough and an extensive chronicle of his life and the people in it. Excellent condition for a used book offer. Deserves the high rating.. the best of 'Deem" This book goes into Demuth's literary interest : novels and plays.He wrote some of his own. He illustrated Wedekind and Henry James.It was Sam Hunter in his book on American Art that brought out the importance of Demuth's approach to the figure.This book has the largest selection of watercolors and oils illustrated in a book on Charles Demuth.The essays are just as extensive as the reproductions.They are higher quality than any other book on Deem. I have the A.E. Gallatin book, a Whitney Museum book, the Moma book by A.C. Ritchie. There is a lot of Demuth's p. "Fine Biographical and Artistic Study" according to drkhimxz. One of our stellar curators and art historians has produced a first rate study of Charles Demuth. Not a household name in his own time nor in ours, he has always deserved recognition for his creative sensitivity and mastery of color. While he ranks high as a watercolorist, among the best of the early Twentieth Century, he is best known for being one of the pioneers of what became known as Precisionism, a cubist-influenced vision, primarily of modern industrial society. His view, however, while incorporating the sharp, often squared edges of (then) modern buil
170 illustrations.. In this definitive study, Barbara Haskell, curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, chronicles the life and accomplishments of the masterful colorist and pivotal figure in the avant-garde circles that introduced modern art and literature to America