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An American Impressionist
Deborah Epstein Solon
Hudson Hills Press
PO Box 205, Manchester, VT 05254
www.hudsonhills.com
1555952445 $50.00 1-800-462-6420
Intended as the companion artbook to a traveling exhibition, An
American Impressionist: The Art And Life Of Alson Skinner Clark is the
first in-depth scrutiny of the American Impressionist painter Alson
Skinner Clark (1876-1949). Featuring 77 color plates and 10 halftones
of Clark's work, ranging from nude figures to bustling urban centers to
panoramic scenes from all over the world, An American Impressionist
pairs the raw beauty and gentle imagery of the oil on canvas works with
a brief discussion of Clark's life, his marriage, travels abroad, the
toll World War I took upon him, his obscure retirement and the recent
rediscovery of his contributions, particularly to the Impressionist
tradition in California, where Clark made a name and lasting memory for
himself among the local art community. Especially recommended for
collectors, students, and connoiseurs of the Impressionist style.
The Thrilling Comic Book Cover Art Of Alex Schomburg
David Spurlock, Compiler
Vanguard
c/o Watson Guptill Publications
770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003
www.creativecomix.com/vanguard
1887591648 $24.95 1-800-451-1741
If you were ever a comic book fan you'll readily recognize the cover
art of comic artist Alex Schomburg: he produced eye-catching,
scantily-clad females for covers of Starling Comics, Thrilling Comics,
Wonder Comics and many more, and has won ever major award for comic and
science fiction art alike. It'' about time his works were gathered
under one cover, and his Golden Age comics selling for record prices
may now be viewed by budget-minded enthusiasts in The Thrilling Comic
Book Cover Art Of Lex Schomburg. Full-page color spreads capture all
his best comic covers.
Wild Exuberance
Rebecca Foster & Caroline M. Welsh
Syracuse University Press
1600 Jamesville Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210
SyracuseUniversityPress.syr.edu
0815608098 $60.00 1-800-365-8929
Collaboratively compiled and with commentary by Rebecca Foster (Harold
Weston's biographer and president of the "Society for the Preservation
of American Modernists") and Caroline M. Welsh (Chief Curator and
Curator of Art at the Adirondack Museum in Blue Mountain Lake) as a
joint publishing project of the Adirondack Museum and the Syracuse
University Press, Wild Exuberance: Harold Weston's Adirondack Art.
showcasing the work of Harold Weston (1894- 1972) who became one of
20th century America's most respected and distinctive modernist
painters. Reproductions of Weston's art. are complemented by four
essays, a chronology, an exhibition history, a critical bibliography,
and a checklist compiled by art. historian Kathleen V. Jameson and Nina
Weston Foster. A fully illustrated exhibition catalogue, Wild
Exuberance would make a welcome addition to any personal or academic
American Art History reference collection.
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