Agnes Pelton - (Great Masters in Art) by Gilbert Vicario (Hardcover)

Name: Agnes Pelton - (Great Masters in Art) by Gilbert Vicario (Hardcover)
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Rediscover an American modernist and her poetic celebration of nature.
About the Author: Gilbert Vicario is the Selig Family Chief Curator at the Phoenix Art Museum.
72 Pages
Art, Individual Artists
Series Name: Great Masters in Art

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Rediscover an American modernist and her poetic celebration of nature.

The spiritually inspired pictures of Agnes Pelton (1881-1961) have their roots in the desert of California, a place where she settled in 1932 and lived until her death. Pelton wrote of her highly symbolic paintings that her pictures were "like little windows," which opened up a view into the interior, her "message of light to the world". In the 1920s Pelton started to explore abstract painting because this offered her the possibility of translating esoteric topics into pictures. Like her fellow artist Georgia O'Keeffe, Pelton deliberately turned her back on the art scene of the East Coast. She was celebrated for her abstract compositions: "It is simply an oasis of beauty for the eye", was how American Art News eulogized her work. After her death, Pelton's work disappeared from the public focus for a long time, but in recent years she's begun to be valued as a crucial American modernist.

About the Author

Gilbert Vicario is the Selig Family Chief Curator at the Phoenix Art Museum. His past books include Ragnar Kjartansson: Scandinavian Pain and Other Myths and Hot Mess Formalism.

Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.9 Inches (W) x .7 Inches (D)

Weight: .55 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 72

Genre: Art

Sub-Genre: Individual Artists

Series Title: Great Masters in Art

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag GmbH

Theme: Monographs

Format: Hardcover

Author: Gilbert Vicario

Language: English

Street Date: February 2, 2023

TCIN: 1006098961

UPC: 9783777439297

Item Number (DPCI): 247-46-3380

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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