Description
About the Author
Susan Landauer holds a Ph.D. from Yale University and is an independent curator and writer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was chief curator of the San Jose Museum of Art from 1999 to 2009 and is the author and coauthor of many books and exhibition catalogues, including The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism; California Impressionists; The Lighter Side of Bay Area Figuration; Elmer Bischoff: The Ethics of Paint; Dream Games: The Art of Robert Schwartz; The Not-so-Still Life: A Century of California Painting and Sculpture; Tragic Kingdom: The Art of Camille Rose Garcia; Todd Schorr: American Surreal; John Paul Jones: The Pursuit of Beauty's Perfect Proof; Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series; Hassel Smith: Paintings, 1937-1997; Yosemite: A Storied Landscape; and Women of Abstract Expressionism and has contributed essays to Richard Diebenkorn: The Ocean Park Series; Yosemite: A Storied Landscape: and Women of Abstract Expressionism.
Reviews
"It is a major book, a deeply researched biography of De Forest and an analysis of his art and career." -- Charles Desmarais The San Francisco Chronicle "In this thoroughly professional, immaculately organized, and factually overflowing book, the reader is set to be inspired by the adventure that was Roy De Forest." New York Journal of Books
Book Information
ISBN 9780520292208
Author Susan Landauer
Format Hardback
Page Count 200
Imprint University of California Press
Publisher University of California Press
Dimensions(mm) 267mm * 216mm * 23mm