The Art Of Richard Mayhew

Author : Richard Mayhew
Publisher : Chronicle Books
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781452179056

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Transcendence by Richard Mayhew Pdf

Transcendence is the long-awaited, career-spanning monograph of American landscape painter Richard Mayhew. For over half a century, Richard Mayhew has been reinventing the genre of landscape painting. His luminous work evokes not only physical vistas but also emotions, sounds, and the pure experience of color. He's known for his masterful use of color and for his unique creative process, inspired by improvisational jazz, which involves pouring paint directly onto the canvas and shaping it into lush, emotional "moodscapes." • This monograph features 70+ of his most striking works. • Includes an exclusive interview with the artist, an introduction by his gallerist Mikaela Sardo Lamarche, and an essay by Andrew Walker, director of the Amon Carter Museum of American Art • Through engaging with his work, readers are invited into deep explorations of their own inner landscapes. Transcendence is a richly rewarding celebration of an iconic artist that will make you rethink everything you know about landscape painting. Mayhew's distinctive style emerges from his roots as a jazz musician, his immersion in the Abstract Expressionist movement, his African American, Cherokee, and Shinnecock heritage, and his unique affinity for the landscapes of the American West—but his paintings transcend boundaries of location and identity. • Great for lovers of fine art, landscape painting, Abstract Expressionism, as well as those who are interested in the intersection of art, music, and emotion • A lush celebration of Richard Mayhew's work, and an ideal introductory book for new fans • Add it to the collection of books like Abstract Expressionism by Carter Ratcliff, Jeremy Lewison, Susan Davidson, and David Anfam; California Landscapes: Richard Diebenkorn / Wayne Thiebaud by John Yau; and The Art of Richard Mayhew: A Critical Analysis with Interviews by Janet Berry Hess.

Author : Richard Mayhew,Bridget R. Cooks,Melissa Leventon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Painters
ISBN : 1616232692

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The Art of Richard Mayhew by Richard Mayhew,Bridget R. Cooks,Melissa Leventon Pdf

Author : Janet Berry Hess
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780786460502

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The Art of Richard Mayhew by Janet Berry Hess Pdf

African American and American Indian artist Richard Mayhew was a pivotal member of the movement, headed by Romare Bearden, of the most important black artists of the Abstract Expressionist era. Bearden's group, Spiral, was formed as a visual response to the March on Washington. Mayhew associated with Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, and Bearden, and formed alliances with such African American artists as Faith Ringgold, Norman Lewis, Ed Clark, and Emma Amos; his work is exhibited in major collections and museums throughout the world. This book explores his art and discusses the critical exclusion from the history of art of Native Americans and African Americans who are not figurative or "narrative" and creates a framework for reconsideration of such art.

Author : Mei-Ying Sung
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-06
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317314264

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William Blake and the Art of Engraving by Mei-Ying Sung Pdf

Sung closely examines William Blake’s extant engraved copper plates and arrives at a new interpretation of his working process. Sung suggests that Blake revised and corrected his work more than was previously thought. This belies the Romantic ideal that the acts of conception and execution are simultaneous in the creative process.

Author : Janet Berry Hess
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-16
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781476602424

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The Art of Richard Mayhew by Janet Berry Hess Pdf

African American and American Indian artist Richard Mayhew was a pivotal member of the movement, headed by Romare Bearden, of the most important black artists of the Abstract Expressionist era. Bearden's group, Spiral, was formed as a visual response to the March on Washington. Mayhew associated with Jackson Pollock, Robert Motherwell, and Bearden, and formed alliances with such African American artists as Faith Ringgold, Norman Lewis, Ed Clark, and Emma Amos; his work is exhibited in major collections and museums throughout the world. This book explores his art and discusses the critical exclusion from the history of art of Native Americans and African Americans who are not figurative or "narrative" and creates a framework for reconsideration of such art.

Author : Linda Merrill,Robyn Asleson,Lee Glazer,Lacey Taylor Jordan,John Siewert,Marc Simpson,Sylvia Yount
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780300101256

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After Whistler by Linda Merrill,Robyn Asleson,Lee Glazer,Lacey Taylor Jordan,John Siewert,Marc Simpson,Sylvia Yount Pdf

This illustrated book - published to commemorate the centenary of the artist's death - addresses Whistler's extraordinary legacy and establishes his pivotal place in the history of American art.

Author : Richard Wollheim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2001-07-30
Category : Art
ISBN : 0521801745

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Richard Wollheim on the Art of Painting by Richard Wollheim Pdf

A collection of essays on Wollheim's philosophy of art; includes a response from Wollheim himself.

Author : Jane Livingston,Richard Diebenkorn,John Elderfield,Ruth Fine,Whitney Museum of American Art
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Art
ISBN : 0520212576

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The Art of Richard Diebenkorn by Jane Livingston,Richard Diebenkorn,John Elderfield,Ruth Fine,Whitney Museum of American Art Pdf

Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) quietly constructed a place for himself in the history of twentieth-century art with his singular vision and intense commitment to the idea and practice of both figuration and abstraction.

Author : William Howard Adams
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173007126147

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Roberto Burle Marx by William Howard Adams Pdf

Author : Reed Krakoff
Publisher : Editions Assouline
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-12
Category : Art
ISBN : 1614280819

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Women in Art by Reed Krakoff Pdf

Photographed by Reed Krakoff, Women in Art: Figures of Influence features intimate black-and-white portraits of leading women in the contemporary art community. From Valentina Castellani, Almine Rech, and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn to Dominique L�vy, Marianne Boesky, and Lucy Chadwick, each woman possesses undeniable talent, creativity, and intelligence--making them prominent figureheads of renowned galleries, museums, and institutions across the globe. Complementing each image is an art questionnaire--following in the spirit of Assouline’s bestselling Proust Questionnaire and Fashion Questionnaire--personally completed by each woman along with selected works of art. A true objet d’art, Women in Art: Figures of Influence offers a unique window into the feminine side of the art world.

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780755379958

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Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman Pdf

THE EXTRAORDINARY FIRST NOVEL BY THE MASTER OF STORYTELLING 'Prose that dances and dazzles . . . Gaiman describes the indescribable' SUSANNA CLARKE 'It's virtually impossible to read more than ten words by Neil Gaiman and not wish he would tell you the rest of the story' OBSERVER 'Much too clever to be caught in the net of a single interpretation' PHILIP PULLMAN ACCLAIMED BBC RADIO 4 DRAMATISATION WITH ALL-STAR CAST INCLUDING JAMES MCAVOY, NATALIE DORMER, DAVID HAREWOOD, SOPHIE OKONEDO AND BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH --- 'I love doors. Anything that leads to possibilities' NEIL GAIMAN --- Under the streets of London lies a world most people could never dream of. When Richard Mayhew stops to help a girl he finds bleeding in the street, his unremarkable life changes in an instant. This act of kindness leads him to a place filled with murderers and angels, pale girls in black velvet, a Beast in a labyrinth and an Earl who holds Court in a tube train. It is strangely familiar yet utterly bizarre. Here is London Below, the city of people who have fallen between the cracks. And for Richard Mayhew, it's just the beginning. NEIL GAIMAN. WITH STORIES COME POSSIBILITIES.

Author : Julie Hanson
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-28
Category : Colors
ISBN : 0764352172

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Fire and Light by Julie Hanson Pdf

For artists interested in using color in a new way, this two-part book offers a fresh, comprehensive approach to understanding color in painting. Part one starts with the basics and teaches, rung by rung, many concepts including color, value, and the use of red, yellow, and blue to build three-dimensional form. Tools given in part one form the foundation for part two's lessons in "temperature painting," an original method created by the author using warm and cool colors. The instructions are easy to follow, step by step, and fully illustrated with beautiful finished pieces by various artists and the author, an accomplished artist who teaches workshops nationally and whose commissioned portraits and paintings are in many private collections.

Author : Roy Strong
Publisher : Paul Mellon Ctr for Studies
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300111169

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Artist and the Garden by Roy Strong Pdf

This extraordinarily beautiful book gathers together and examines for the first time a delightful collection of English gardens rendered by artists from 1540 to the early nineteenth century, many of which are unknown. Sir Roy Strong, widely recognised for his expertise in both art history and garden history, surveys garden pictures ranging from Elizabethan miniatures to eighteenth-century alfresco conversation pieces, from suites of paintings of a single garden to amateur watercolours. He inquires into the origin of the English garden picture genre, its development prior to the invention of photography, its greatest exponents, its reliability as historical evidence of actual gardens, and its place within the larger European tradition of picturing the garden.

Author : William C. Agee,Sasha Nicholas
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2020-09-15
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780847868599

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Wolf Kahn by William C. Agee,Sasha Nicholas Pdf

The most definitive and up-to-date book on the vibrant paintings and pastels by this popular modern master, which now serves as a memorable tribute to his artistic legacy. A celebration of the work of the beloved American artist Wolf Kahn (1927-2020), this volume focuses on the vivid colors of his luscious landscapes made in oil and in pastel during the last decade of his life. The last study of Kahn's art to be produced during his lifetime, and prepared in close collaboration with the artist, this publication now serves as a memorable tribute to his remarkable talents and legacy. A refugee from Nazi Germany, Wolf Kahn immigrated to the U.S. in 1940, and after settling in New York City he studied with the influential artist and teacher Hans Hofmann. Kahn's radiant hues, tangy color contrasts, and pervasive sense of light combine realism with the discipline of color field painting and place him at the forefront of American representational artists. This richly illustrated book features a generous selection of paintings and pastels that showcase his bold, freewheeling style and feature a unique blend of realism and abstraction. During the last decade of his long and accomplished career, Kahn traded in the often-lyrical palette of his earlier landscapes for an increasingly brash and assertive chromatic vision--evidenced in electric hues ranging from acid yellow and hazard orange to saturated thalo blue. His late large-scale oils, depicting his favored subjects of barns and tree-lined fields and rivers, abound with visual energy. Art historian Sasha Nicholas puts Kahn in context with other artists and situates his late work within his broader career. William Agee, who met with Kahn for several interviews, discusses his process and most recent paintings. An illustrated chronology, with little-seen personal images, offers additional insights into the life and career of this renowned modern master.

Author : Rosie Dickins
Publisher : Educational Development Corporation
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06
Category : Painting
ISBN : 0794525423

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The Usborne Book of Famous Paintings by Rosie Dickins Pdf

Originally published: London: Usborne, 2009.