Elaine de Kooning: Portraits

Elaine de Kooning: Portraits

This book explores the portraiture of Elaine de Kooning, an enormously talented artist whose widely admired body of workâ€•both abstract and figurativeâ€•is overdue for a contemporary reassessment. John F. Kennedy, Frank Oâ€™Hara, Allen Ginsberg, Merce Cunningham, and Fairfield Porter were just some of the figures who sat for portraits by Elaine de Kooning. Famous for her marriage to the Abstract Expressionist Willem de Kooning, Elaine was herself a groundbreaking artist and writer who challenged many conventions during her career. Although she portrayed women, she was most engaged with portraits of men, sometimes painting multiple portraits of her subjects in order to explore and capture their most compelling likeness. She focused intently on her subjectsâ€•as she wrote in 1965, â€œLike falling in love painting a portrait is a concentration on one particular person and no one else will do.â€ This insightful book explores de Kooningâ€™s portraits as well as her artistic process and her position in the rise of Postmodernism. Illustrated throughout with full-color reproductions of paintings, drawings, and archival photos, this book is an important contribution to the literature on Abstract Expressionism, women artists, and feminism during a transformative period, and will also appeal to lovers of painting of all kinds.
Country USA
Brand Prestel
Manufacturer Prestel
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber YES15197036
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2015-04-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9783791354385

Country	USA
Brand	Prestel
Manufacturer	Prestel
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	YES15197036
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2015-04-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9783791354385

Elaine de Kooning: Portraits

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