A master printmaker and a satirist in the tradition of Hogarth, Goya, Daumier, and Grosz. Since the 1940s, printmaker Warrington Colescott has trained his brilliant artistic eye on the fashions and foibles of human behavior. A satirist in the tradition of William Hogarth, Francisco Goya, Honore Daumier, and George Grosz, Colescott utilizes his sharp wit and vivid imagination to interpret contemporary and historical events, from the personal to the public, the local to the international. He is especially noted for his exceptional command of complex printmaking techniques and for his innovative approach to intaglio printing. ""The Prints of Warrington Colescott: A Catalogue Raisonne, 1948-2008"" is the first fully illustrated catalogue to document Colescott's extensive and varied graphic career. Author and curator Mary Weaver Chapin has worked closely with Colescott, interviewed him at length, and had unique access to his private papers and archives. She documents his personal and artistic life in a detailed biographic sketch, and her extensive essay ""Research Printmaker and Mad-Dog Attack Artist"" examines the evolution of his printmaking career, focusing on his technique, iconography, and his place in American printmaking. The catalogue documents and depicts all 354 of Colescott's editioned prints, providing title, date, media, dimensions, and selected exhibition history and collections for each print, along with comments and anecdotes by Chapin and Colescott.

About the Author
Mary Weaver Chapin is associate curator of prints and drawings at the Milwaukee Art Museum and has also worked at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. She is coauthor of the exhibition catalogue Toulouse-Lautrec and Montmartre

Reviews
"Colescott is one of the most fortunate and revered artists of his generation, who has excelled as a teacher, an influential artist, and a contributor to the critical mass of modern print history." - Mark Pascale, curator of prints and drawings, the Art Institute of Chicago"


Awards
Commended for Midwest Book Award (MIPA) (Arts (Art/Music/Photo)) 2010.



Book Information
ISBN 9780299233006
Author University of Wisconsin Press
Format Hardback
Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
Publisher University of Wisconsin Press
Weight(grams) 2390g
Dimensions(mm) 322mm * 246mm * 31mm