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Hunter, Sam was born on January 5, 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Morris and Lottie (Levine) Hunter.
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MODERN ART is a lavishly illustrated volume that presents a survey of modern art and architecture beginning with the Post-Impressionists in the late 19th century and continuing to the principal movements and major masters that constitute the history of art, sculpture and architecture throughout the 20th century. More than 500 illustrations, with over half in full color. Authors: Sam Hunter and John Jacobus. 352 pages. 274 plates in full color. Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc., NY in association with Alexis Gregory. Approx. 12.75 inches x 9.5 inches.
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Almost a half century ago, the painter Willem de Kooning said: "There's no way of looking at a work of art by itself; it's not self-evident -- it needs a history, it needs a lot of talking about". The great works of modern art get talked about in this highly literate narrative overview, which traces modernism's radical essence -- from its origins in the late 19th century right through the 1990s -- with thoroughness, zest, and an engaging sense of adventure.The Revised Third Edition of this popular text contains four substantial new chapters -- illustrated by some 200 new plates, most in full color -- depicting "a new fin de siecle almost exactly one hundred years after the revolutionary works of Cezanne, Seurat, Gauguin, and van Gogh left no doubt that the art of the 20th century would be unlike anything known before".
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(The catalogue of an exhibition at the Mint Museum, Charlo...)
The catalogue of an exhibition at the Mint Museum, Charlotte, North Carolina, October 3, 1982 to January 2, 1983, and subsequently at five other museums. Twenty-two sculptural objects are illustrated, 9 in color.
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(As a teacher, Hans Hofmann left his mark on generations o...)
As a teacher, Hans Hofmann left his mark on generations of artists in both Europe and America. He had an equally brilliant career as a painter. Hofmann operated a famous teaching studio first in Europe and then in New York at a pivotal moment when a new kind of subjective, non-figurative art was emerging as the dominant movement. His work is insistent upon color, texture, and form, and his astoundingly liberated later canvases are more than expressions of a creative process; they are, in the words of art historian Robert Goldwater, "...less the culmination of a life-long development than a kind of rebirth, an entirely new, youthful phase."
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(Retrospective exhibition catalog of the artist's work. Ma...)
Retrospective exhibition catalog of the artist's work. Massive oversize-volume format. Pictorial DJ, as issued. Presents the most comprehensive collection of the great American artist's work, which was characterized by a genuine sense of humor and bold innovativeness. Rivers' recent demise has left a void that it seems only he could have filled. His contribution to modern American art is the way he effortlessly incorporated elements of both Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art in order to arrive at his own distinctive, idiosyncratic style.
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(With more than 100 illustrations -- approximately 48 in f...)
With more than 100 illustrations -- approximately 48 in full color -- this innovative series offers a fresh look at the most creative and influential artists of the postwar era. Modern Masters form a perfect reference set for home, school, or library. Each handsomely designed volume presents: - A thorough survey of the artist's life and work - Statements by the artist - An illustrated chapter on technique - Chronology - Lists of exhibitions and public collections - Annotated bibliography - Index
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(599pages. in4. Cartonné jaquette. To choose 1,000 works t...)
599pages. in4. Cartonné jaquette. To choose 1,000 works to represent a museum whose total collection exceeds 100,000-now that's curating. Imagine the restraint required to ccmpile a catalog of the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York-the first museum exclusively dedicated to art of the 19th and 20th centuries, and the first to recognize modern-art disciplines (photography, film, industrial design, installation). The collection is carefully and tastefully represented in this 600-page tome. Multiple frontispieces representing each of the museum's departments welcome the reader, followed by a thorough and illustrated introduction to the museum's directors, exhibitions, donors, acquisitions, and architecture. Then ccmes the good stuff: 1,000 works from the museum's six curatorial departments: Painting and Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Illustrated Books, Architecture and Design, Photography, and Film and Video, each section introduced by an essay explaining the development of the particular collection. Clear, large, color illustrations of Cezanne's The Bather , Munch's Madonna , Wyeth's Christina's World , and sculpture by Oldenburg, Serra, Morris, and Beuys leave a reader gasping, "They have that?" First published in 1984, the book was reprinted in 1997 by Abradale, Abrams's more affordable imprint. While the huge catalog is now less expensive, keep in mind that its content has not been revised since its first edition. Regardless, it's a valuable testament to the quality and scope of one of the world's greatest art collections. It's hard not to want to see all of the works that didn't make it into the catalog.
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(Jackson Pollock, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Bulle...)
Jackson Pollock, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Bulletin Vol. Xxiv, No. 2 1956-57 (The Museum of Modern Art, New York Bulletin EXHIBITION SERIES, 24) ASIN: B00183AI4G A MUSEUM EXHIBITION OF PRINTS AND WORKS BY THE ARTIST. Title: Jackson Pollock, The Museum of Modern Art, New York Bulletin Vol. Xxiv, No. 2 1956-57 Binding: Paperback Publication date: 1957
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Hunter, Sam was born on January 5, 1923 in Springfield, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Morris and Lottie (Levine) Hunter.
Bachelor of Arts, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1943; student, University Florence, Italy, 1949-1951; honorary degree Academico, Brera Academy Fine Arts, Milan, 1993.
Art critic, New York Times, 1947-1949;
editor, Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
art books publisher, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York City, 1952-1953;
lecturer, Barnard College
also assistant professor, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955-1957;
curator, Museum Modern Art, 1956-1958;
chief curator, acting director, Minneapolis Institute Arts, 1958-1960;
director, Rose Art Museum, Poses Institute Art, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1960-1965;
associate professor art history department, Rose Art Museum, Poses Institute Art, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1963-1965;
director, Jewish Museum, New York City, 1965-1968;
visiting professor, Cornell Univercity, 1967-1969;
lecturer, New School Social Research, New York City, 1967-1968;
Regent's professor, visiting critic, University of California at Riverside, 1968;
visiting critic, State University of New York, 1968-1969;
professor art and archeology, Princeton University, 1969-1991;
professor emeritus, Princeton University, since 1991;
faculty curator modern art University Art Museum, Princeton University, 1969-1991;
director, Princeton University (The Corporation and Visual Arts Conference), 1978. Robert Sterling Clark visiting professor Clark The Art Institute of Chicago and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1976. Consultant National Endowment for Humanities, since 1978.
Art consultant New Jersey Nightly News, Public Broadcasting Service-television, 1978-1979, M. Knoedler, Inc., New York City, Commodities Corporation, Princeton. Director American Art, since 1950. Consultant to board of trustees Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1985-1987.
Chairman National Education Association advising committee for General Services Administration Art Commission, Newark Federal Courthouse, 1987. (exhibition) Seattle World's Fair, 1962. Juror International Art Jury 32d Venice Biennale, Italy, 1964.
Executive director study visual arts in public higher education Board Higher Education, Massachusetts, 1968-1969. Director critic's choice program New York State Council on Arts, 1968-1969. Vice president, editor-in-chief, vice president Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
(art publications), 1971-1972, consultant editor, since 1969. Director Monumenta outdoor sculpture exhibition, Newport, Rhode Island, An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture since 1940, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, 1986. Member of advisory board Modarco (S.A.), art investment group, London.
Lecturer contemporary American art United States Information Agency tour Japan, 1975. Member special commission art in state buildings, State of Michigan, 1976. Consultant guest curator Museum Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1985-1987.
Mem.bd. overseers Rose Art Museum, Brandeis U. Consultant Marisa del Re Gallery, New York City, since 1987, Fujisankei Museum Japan, Very Special Arts, Washington.
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(583 pp., 988 illustrations 195 in full color.)
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Member arts and humanities task force Carter-Mondale campaign, 1976. Served as lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946. Member College Art. Association, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Maïa Spiegelman, December 14, 1986. 1 child, Harrison Morris. Children by previous marriage: Emily C., Alexa J.