Simple Pleasures

The Art of Doris Lee

von Melissa Wolfe

240 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

- Provides an overarching consideration of Lee's oeuvre, giving a coherent narrative to her biography, her compelling negotiation with figuration and abstraction, and her attraction to other traditions such as folk art, Pre-Columbian art, and Chinese poetry.- Focuses on Lee's leading role among the American Scene artists of the 1930s and influences, such as Hieronymus Bosch and Currier & Ives.- Explore Lee's artistic development and role within the dynamic Woodstock, NY artist's colony.- Discusses Lee's highly regarded commercial and design work, including her commissions through the Associated American Artists, illustrations for Life magazine, and other publications, like the Rodgers and Hart Songbook.- Features works from Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art, The Art Institute of Chicago, University of Arizona Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Cranbrook Art Museum, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Dallas Museum of Art, Dayton Art Institute, Columbus Museum of Art, OH: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Figge Art Museum, Nelson Atkins Museum of Art, The Westmoreland Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Columbus Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Woodstock Artists Association and Museum.

• ISBN: 9781911282679
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2020
• Größe: 282 x 259 mm
• Verlag: Giles