Bay Area Figurative Art
Subtitle: 1950-1965
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: December 13, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780520068414
Subjects: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; Criticism; Exhibition Catalogs; Art & Art Instruction; History - General; Art; USA; ART015000; United States - State & Local - General; Art / General; Art, American; California; Exhibitions; Figurative art; San Francisco Bay Area; 1900-1999 (20th century)
First sentence: PICTURES AND PAINTINGS * In the spring of 1951, one of San Francisco's most respected Abstract Expressionist painters shocked the art community when he submitted a small figurative canvas to a competitive exhibition and won a prize.