Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster
Language: English
Published by Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign, IL, 2009
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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Quarto. 8 x 10 in. 151 pp. Profusely illustrated with color reproductions of art. Previous owner inscription to front free endpaper, else fine in original embossed boards. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name organized by Kannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, January 29 through March 28, 2010.
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- Title
- Stranger in Paradise: The Works of Reverend Howard Finster
- Author
- DAVIES, Glen C.
- Publisher
- Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign, IL
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1883015448
- ISBN 13
- 9781883015442
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Art & Design
An evangelistic preacher in paint and self-proclaimed "man of visions," Reverend Howard Finster became one of the most widely known and prolific self-taught artists, producing over 46,000 pieces of art by his death in 2001. Finster often referred to himself as "a stranger from another world" and "God's last red light on the planet earth." He saw himself as a sacred artist, fulfilling his visionary prophesies revealed to him by God through a heavenly, outer space world. Thus Finster believed he was to disperse warnings to people to save their souls from the horrors of hell. These experiences were very real to Finster and provided a seemingly limitless variety of images for his art, and content for his rapid fire, stream-of-consciousness monologues.
This book provides an in-depth survey of Finster's career, illustrating the variety of themes inherent in his work, much of it relating to his visionary experiences, including: Visions of Other Worlds, Sermons in Paint, Historical and Cultural Heroes and The Plant Farm Museum [Paradise Garden].
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