The San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism
By Susan Landauer.
Description
A free-spirited wave of creative energy swept through the San Francisco art community after World War II. Challenging accepted modes of painting, Abstract Expressionists produced highly experimental works that jolted the public out of its postwar complacency. Susan Landauer's comprehensive examination of this dynamic movement provides the first clear picture of the artists and influences that came together in San Francisco's invigorating world of Abstract Expressionism.Landauer argues that Abstract Expressionism resulted from a broad collective impulse rather than the inspiration ...
ISBN(s)
0520086112, 9780520086111
