Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis
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| Rating | : | 4.92 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0943836425 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 352 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-01-25 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
loved it, have an earlier book on Blume I attended the Exhibition at the Wadsworth Atheneum, loved it, have an earlier book on Blume, saw this catalogue at the exhibit, andimmediately decided to buy it. I waited till I was able to order it at Amazon, less expensive and the same exact book.Love it! It is probably the most complete book on Peter Blume available. Has most of his major works, many drawings (rare to see them in actualityor in book form) and good text. I recommend this book to anyone interested in P. Blume. An important painter/artist in mid-20th C. American art.. Amazon Customer said Five Stars. Beautiful book with great pics.
. Robert Cozzolino is Senior Curator and Curator of Modern Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
In addition to insightful essays by Cozzolino, who knew Blume as a family friend, the book includes chapters by Samantha Baskind, Sergio Cortesini, Robert Cowley, David McCarthy, and Sarah Vure. Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2015"This handsome book accompanies the 2015 retrospective exhibition of the artist's work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Art, the first such exhibit since 1976. The exhibition and this publication aim to make better known an American artist who was more popular in the 1930s and 1940s. The book is well illustrated throughout. Essential."—Choice
The first retrospective of this influential artist in several decades, Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis brings the artist's significance within the history of American art into sharp focus.Contributors: Samantha Baskind, Sergio Cortesini, Robert Cowley, Robert Cozzolino, David McCarthy, Sarah Vure.. Russian American artist Peter Blume was one of the earliest practitioners of surrealist painting in the United States, and his elaborately detailed and dreamlike compositions helped define American Modernist art. Showcasing over a hundred paintings and drawings, as well as sketches, sculpture, and ephemera from all periods of his six-decade career, Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis provides unprecedented insight into the artist's process, his relationship to Surrealism, and his profound visions of twent