Description
This volume details the extraordinary development of the Bay Area art scene from 1930 to 1960. A great museum director, enlightened patron, and brilliant art school helped create an environment to nurture a host of brilliant and innovative artists. This story describes an art scene far from artworld powerbases that got almost everything right.
What generates an innovative art scene? The 1940s and 1950s saw the emergence of a startling number of distinctive artists in the Bay Area including Clyfford Still, Claire Falkenstein, Jay DeFeo, Richard Diebenkorn, and Ruth Asawa. Working far from art world powerbases in Europe and New York, these artists developed styles of art making that are only now being fully recognized. The support of a trailblazing museum, stellar art school and enlightened patrons helped put San Francisco on the map.
This volume details the extraordinary development of the Bay Area art scene from 1930 to 1960. A great museum director, enlightened patron, and brilliant art school helped create an environment to nurture a host of brilliant and innovative artists. This story describes an art scene far from artworld powerbases that got almost everything right.
About the Author
Based in Los Angeles, independent curator Michael Duncan has focused on West Coast modernism, twentieth century figuration, and contemporary California art. Among many other projects, he was the curator of Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group and Advance of the Rear Guard: Out of the Mainstream in 1960s Los Angeles, Ceeje Gallery.
Book Information
ISBN 9783777444697
Author Michael Duncan
Format Hardback
Page Count 184
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
What generates an innovative art scene? The 1940s and 1950s saw the emergence of a startling number of distinctive artists in the Bay Area including Clyfford Still, Claire Falkenstein, Jay DeFeo, Richard Diebenkorn, and Ruth Asawa. Working far from art world powerbases in Europe and New York, these artists developed styles of art making that are only now being fully recognized. The support of a trailblazing museum, stellar art school and enlightened patrons helped put San Francisco on the map.
This volume details the extraordinary development of the Bay Area art scene from 1930 to 1960. A great museum director, enlightened patron, and brilliant art school helped create an environment to nurture a host of brilliant and innovative artists. This story describes an art scene far from artworld powerbases that got almost everything right.
About the Author
Based in Los Angeles, independent curator Michael Duncan has focused on West Coast modernism, twentieth century figuration, and contemporary California art. Among many other projects, he was the curator of Another World: The Transcendental Painting Group and Advance of the Rear Guard: Out of the Mainstream in 1960s Los Angeles, Ceeje Gallery.
Book Information
ISBN 9783777444697
Author Michael Duncan
Format Hardback
Page Count 184
Imprint Hirmer Verlag
Publisher Hirmer Verlag
