- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press; 1 edition (Mar 30 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520210557
- ISBN-13: 978-0520210554
- Product Dimensions: 30.7 x 24.2 x 1.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.3 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,591,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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When these six artists first banded together in 1917, the San Francisco art establishment found their work raw and undeveloped. According to Nancy Boas, however, these painters represent the first fully evolved reflection of modern art on the West Coast. Her scholarly and engaging study is tantamount to a discovery of a previously unknown group of painters, and it is unusual in that it recounts the birth of modern art in a nonurban setting. She elegantly and convincingly balances biography with analysis, intertwining six personal stories into a much larger story, which is really about the birth of modernism, an integral segment of America's artistic heritage. These artists' works are expressive, energetic, and ablaze with vivid color, reminiscent of a quality of rarefied light found in Richard Diebenkorn's Ocean Park series or Vincent van Gogh's Arles paintings.
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Painters Selden Gile, August Gay, Louis Siegriest, Maurice Logan, Bernard VonEichman, and William Clapp formed the Society of Six in 1917 in northern California, where they worked and exhibited together into the 1920s. All were outdoor painters whose canvases were freely brushed, vividly colored, and influenced by both the California landscape and the European Impressionism that they saw for the first time during their active years. Boas's careful account embeds the group's work in its biographical and historical contexts and provides over 100 excellent color reproductions. An important addition to our knowledge of American art, with more than regional significance. Kathryn W. Finkelstein, M.Ln., Cincinnati
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In the 1910s, the six artists who would become the Society of Six entered an art world in northern California that had been unique from its beginnings. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Move over Impressionists,
By Walter "Mouse" Englert (Silver Lake CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Society of Six: California Colorists (Paperback)
While many books and much attention has been given to the Impressionists, little mention has been offered to the Societyof Six - California Colorists. The beautiful illustrations and enlightening text provide a case history for the needed aware- ness of these talented and innovative artists. Nancy Boas has obviously done a tremendous amount of research resulting in a spectacular and much needed work on our California art history. A perusal of this title will be richly rewarded.
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Move over Impressionists,
By Walter "Mouse" Englert (Silver Lake CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Society of Six: California Colorists (Paperback)
While many books and much attention has been given to the Impressionists, little mention has been offered to the Societyof Six - California Colorists. The beautiful illustrations and enlightening text provide a case history for the needed aware- ness of these talented and innovative artists. Nancy Boas has obviously done a tremendous amount of research resulting in a spectacular and much needed work on our California art history. A perusal of this title will be richly rewarded.
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This review is from: Society of Six: California Colorists (Paperback)
I was unaware of a Californian impressionist movement until I stumbled across this book -- well worth reading & wonderfully illustrated -- Stan Kelly-Bootle
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