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For Disturbing the Peace
Born in Riverside, California in 1937 and profoundly affected by World War II, Ed Bereal made significant contributions to assemblage and performance arts in Los Angeles during the early 1960s through...
ISBN: 9780578486932
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Three Caribbean Artists
Jose Maria Capricorne, Nelson Carrilho, Philippe Zanolino
Caribbean art is strong, passionate and filled with contradictions, as are the lives of the three men profiled inThree Caribbean Artists. A rare glimpse is offered into the lives of three...
ISBN: 9789460224911
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"Something Over Something Else"
Romare Bearden's Profile Series
In November 1977, The New Yorker published a feature-length biography of artist Romare Bearden by Calvin Tomkins as part of its “Profiles” series. The essay, titled Profile: Putting Something...
ISBN: 9780295746432
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The Art of Collecting
East Indies Paintings
Painters were fascinated by the tropical landscapes, picturesque villages and markets, and especially the diverse inhabitants of the Dutch East Indies. In the first half of the 20th century a large...
ISBN: 9789460225123
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Shifting Grounds
Landscape in Contemporary Native American Art
A distinctly Indigenous form of landscape representation is emerging in the creations of contemporary Indigenous artists from North America. For centuries, landscape painting in European art typically...
ISBN: 9780295745367
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Tony Tuckson
Tony Tuckson’s story is not a simple one. He was an artist, arguably Australia’s most significant abstract expressionist painter, but he also played a crucial role in shaping the modern art museum...
ISBN: 9781741741414
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Fendry Ekel
Entries
Fendry Ekel: Entries is a comprehensive monograph, with contributions by several international art historians, looking at the painter’s recent work on canvas from 2011 to 2015.The...
ISBN: 9789460224485
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Arctic Ambitions
Captain Cook and the Northwest Passage
Captain James Cook is justly famous for his explorations of the southern Pacific Ocean, but his contributions to the exploration of the northern Pacific and the Arctic are arguably equally significant....
ISBN: 9780295993997
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Michael C. Spafford
Epic Works
Michael C. Spafford, one of the most respected and admired painters in the Northwest, has created a cohesive body of work of rare intelligence and power. Now professor emeritus at the University...
ISBN: 9780998681795
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Alfredo Arreguin
Patterns of Dreams and Nature / Disenos, Suenos y Naturaleza
Born in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguín has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. His canvases are tapestries that...
ISBN: 9780295987347
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Victorian Watercolours
This book features over eighty artworks by more than seventy artists that represent the glory of British watercolors from the Victorian period. Artists include: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne‐Jones,...
ISBN: 9781741741315
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Louis Bunce
Dialogue with Modernism
Louis Bunce: Dialogue with Modernism explores and assesses the art and life of the iconic Pacific Northwest modernist painter and printmaker who engaged with American and European modern art...
ISBN: 9781930957749
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Roger Shimomura
An American Knockoff
For four decades, Roger Shimomura’s paintings, prints, and theatre pieces have addressed sociopolitical issues of Asian America. He does this through a style that combines his childhood interest...
ISBN: 9780975566275
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Doris Chase Artist in Motion
From Painting and Sculpture to Video Art
Doris Chase has achieved international stature as a pioneer in the field of video art since she moved from Seattle to New York City in 1972. An artist of remarkable and continuous creativity, Chase...
ISBN: 9780295971124
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