The Bay Area school
Subtitle: Californian artists from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s
By: Thomas Williams
Publisher: Lund Humphries Pub Ltd
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781848221239
Subjects: American Art; Abstract expressionism; Figurative art
Description: Tracing the development of abstract expressionism and the counter-blast of figurative art on the West Coast of America during a decisive period, this publication marks a milestone in the on-going understanding of the post-war art scene in the United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the origins of the San Francisco Bay Area School; title: San Francisco and the abstract expressionist revolution; title: Figuration and non-figuration; title: After abstract expressionism; title: An adventurer, a discoverer, an inventor; title: Drawings of the Bay Area School.