Philip Guston, Gemalde 1947-1979 - Softcover

Guston, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3929790408 ISBN 13: 9783929790405

Publisher: Distribution in the US, D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers, 1999

Synopsis

Text in book is bilingual. (English/German) Philip Guston belongs to the generation with which American post-war art broke away from the great model of European art for the first time. Unlike his colleagues in Abstract Expressionism, Guston does not remain true to one style, but develops a variety of expressive possibilities. Thus, in the thirties, he began in the name of a socially engaged surrealism in order to arrive at abstraction at the end of the forties. From this point on his powerful color paintings, which established his international reputation. However, in the mid-sixties Guston returns to a symbolic realism of disturbing power that today shapes his image in art history. Enigmatic paintings of great intensity determine his late work, which had a great influence on many younger artists. Experts in Philip Guston's work not only devote themselves to the early, but also to the late realistic Guston in this publication, thus liberating the view of his artistic development from the late forties to the end of the seventies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Distribution in the US, D.A.P., Distributed Art Publishers
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 3929790408
• ISBN 13: 9783929790405
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144