Ray Stanford Strong, West Coast Landscape Artist (The Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West Series)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.92 (996 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0806157704 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 396 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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C. . About the AuthorMark Humpal is an art historian, independent curator, and gallerist in Portland, Oregon. McKim’s Impressionist Vision, and his articles on Oregon artists have appeared in the Oregon Historical Quarterly and other journals. He is the coauthor, with Margaret E. Bullock, of Coast to Cascades: C
The proficiency he achieved through years of formal and informal study allowed him to craft a personal style difficult to categorize but unique and engaging. This beautiful volume, featuring more than 100 color and black-and-white illustrations, is the first comprehensive exploration of Strong’s life and artistry. During an era when many artists were experimenting with abstract expressionism, Strong never relinquished his personal vision and adherence to a more traditional style. With his outgoing personality, he forged friendships and associations with such prominent artists as Frank Vincent DuMond, Maynard Dixon, Ansel Adams, Frank Lloyd Wright, and John Steinbeck. But, as Humpal emphasizes, Strong distinguished himself by resisting the drumbeat of the avant-garde. Through family papers, archives, photographs, and a two-year series of interviews conducted with the artist personally, Mark Humpal traces Strong&rsquo
C. Mark Humpal is an art historian, independent curator, and gallerist in Portland, Oregon. He is the coauthor, with Margaret E. McKim’s Impressionist Vision, and his articles on Oregon artists have appeared in the Oregon Historical Quarterly and other journals. Bullock, of Coast to Cascades: C.