Fairfield Porter
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| Rating | : | 4.51 (688 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847848744 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
The Season's Outstanding Art Books "By turns awkward and graceful, these images dodge nostalgia but not the aching pleasure found in, among other things, the clotted light of a bunch of buttercups."—ArtForum"The comprehensive book is special because it includes many color reproductions of paintings otherwise seen only in black-and-white (and small) in the artist’s catalogue raisonné from 2001."—HyperAllergic"The spare elegance of the realist Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) never gets old. A monograph on the artist and his work, recently published by Rizzoli, provides an intense exploration of the intriguing and complex life of this important painter."—Art of the Times
John Wilmerding is Sarofim Professor of American Art, emeritus, at Princeton University.Karen Wilkin is an independent curator and art critic based in New York. . McClatchy is the editor of the Yale Review and former president of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She is a contributor to Rizzoli’s Wayne Thiebaud (2015).J. D
Porter graduated from Harvard in 1928 and then studied at the Art Students League in New York with Thomas Hart Benton. Along with months in Maine, Porter lived in New York and from 1948 on, in Southampton where he purchased a large, late Federal-style house for his own expanding family. He was also close to the modern poets John Ashbery, Frank O’Hara, and James Schuyler. A figurative realist in the heyday of abstract expressionism, Fairfield Porter (1907–1975) painted himself, his family, and friends in New York City, in Southampton, Long Island, and on an island off the Maine coast, all depicting a relaxed and comfortable world that seemed to mirror his own affluent, well-connected existence. With virtually all of the artist’s previous publications now out of print, this much-anticipated volume is an important addition to the literature on this great American master. McClatchy writes a reflection on one of Porter’s paintings.. Karen Wilkin discusses Porter’s influences and pictorial creativity. D. Port
The Best Book on Fairfield I've seen in a While Great reproductions of Porter's work, several I'd never seen before, with some enlarged details that as an artist I found valuable to better understand how he painted.. Terre said Images of Porter's Works Prominently Illustrated. Interesting book on Porter. Would have preferred more text about his life.. "Ok but not great." according to S. Schaeffer. Disappointing.the colors were drab and indistinct and did not do Porter justice. Better to just go online and see photos of his paintings in their vibrant colors.