Women of Abstract Expressionism, 9780300208429
Hardcover
Forgotten women artists explode onto canvas, redefining Abstract Expressionism forever.

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  • Hardcover

    216 pages

  • Release Date

    4 July 2016

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Summary

Unveiling the Vision: Women of Abstract Expressionism

The celebrated survey of female Abstract Expressionist artists revealing the richness and lasting influence of their work

The artists Jay DeFeo, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and many other women played major roles in the development of Abstract Expressionism, which flourished in New York and San Francisco in the 1940s and 1950s and has been recognized…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780300208429
ISBN-10:0300208421
Series:The Oxford Research Centre In The Humanities/princeton University Press Lec
Author:Joan Marter, Gwen F. Chanzit, Robert Hobbs, Ellen G. Landau, Susan Landauer, Irving Sandler
Publisher:Yale University Press
Imprint:Yale University Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:216
Release Date:4 July 2016
Weight:1.75kg
Dimensions:305mm x 254mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

“A fine catalog that documents the artists exhibited and adds the names and biographies of many others who aren’t, setting the stage for sequels.“—Holland Cotter, New York Times

About The Author

Joan Marter

Joan Marter is Board of Governors Professor of Art History at Rutgers University and editor of the Woman’s Art Journal.

Gwen F. Chanzit is curator of modern art and the Herbert Bayer Collection and Archive at the Denver Art Museum and director of museum studies in art history at the University of Denver.

Robert Hobbs is Rhoda Thalhimer Endowed Chair at Virginia Commonwealth University and visiting professor at Yale University.

Ellen G. Landau is Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emerita of the Humanities at Case Western Reserve University.

Susan Landauer, formerly chief curator at the San Jose Museum of Art, is an independent art historian and curator.

Irving Sandler is a distinguished independent scholar, curator, and critic.

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