Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee
the art of doris lee
$102.21
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
7 September 2020
Summary
Simple Pleasures: Rediscovering Doris Lee
A major new book about Doris Lee, one of the top female artists – indeed among the top figurative artists, regardless of gender – in the American art world from the mid-1930s through the 1950s. Simple Pleasures presents the first major critical assessment of works by the artist Doris Lee (1904–1983).
Lee was one of the most recognised artists in America during the 1930s and 40s, and was a leading figure in the Woodstock Arti…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781911282679 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1911282670 |
| Author: | Melissa Wolfe, John Fagg, Tom Wolf, Barbara L. Jones |
| Publisher: | D Giles Ltd |
| Imprint: | GILES |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 7 September 2020 |
| Weight: | 1.70kg |
| Dimensions: | 279mm x 254mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“A welcome full-length scholarly treatment of Lee’s life and work”–Lindsay King, ARLIS/NA
“A welcome full-length scholarly treatment of Lee’s life and work”–Lindsay King, ARLIS/NA
About The Author
Melissa Wolfe
Barbara L. Jones is chief curator, The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, Greensburg, PA, and the author of Samuel Rosenberg: Portrait of a Painter (2003).
Melissa Wolfe is curator of American Art, St. Louis Art Museum, and co-editor of Reflections: The American Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art (2019).
John Fagg is professor of American Studies, University of Birmingham, UK, and author of ‘That Abused Word: Genre’ The 1930s Genre Painting Revival in The Space Between: Literature and Culture 1914-1945 (2011).
Tom Wolf is professor of Art History at Bard College, NY and leading Yasuo Kuniyoshi scholar.
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