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Philip Guston : A Life Spent Painting by Robert Storr (2020, Hardcover)
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With more than 850 images, th illustrates Guston's key works and includes many unpublished paintings and drawings. Guston was able to speak about art with unrivalled passion and fluency.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKing Publishing, Laurence
ISBN-101786274167
ISBN-139781786274168
eBay Product ID (ePID)12038374607
Product Key Features
Book TitlePhilip Guston : Alife Spent Painting
Number of Pages348 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicIndividual Artists / General, History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), History / Contemporary (1945-), Individual Artists / Monographs, American / General, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year2020
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorRobert Storr
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight127 Oz
Item Length12.1 in
Item Width13.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"" Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting is one of the biggest, heaviest art books this year, and every ounce of it is earned. Robert Storr, who's been writing about Guston (1913-80) for decades, strikes an easy balance between erudition and awe-he has all the facts, but you sense he'd be happy if you just basked in the images. They're all here: the rollicking Depression-era murals; the action paintings humming with Zen and Sartre; the cartoon Klansmen redolent of nightmare as well as therapy. Mr. Storr's is the definitive Guston book." Wall Street Journal "-- -, " Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting is one of the biggest, heaviest art books this year, and every ounce of it is earned. Robert Storr, who's been writing about Guston (1913-80) for decades, strikes an easy balance between erudition and awe-he has all the facts, but you sense he'd be happy if you just basked in the images. They're all here: the rollicking Depression-era murals; the action paintings humming with Zen and Sartre; the cartoon Klansmen redolent of nightmare as well as therapy. Mr. Storr's is the definitive Guston book." Wall Street Journal, "Storr is erudite, expansive, and respectful but not worshipful. In his journey through Guston's painting world, he reengages with the histories of related twentieth-centruy arguments, ideologies, and artworks... Reading Storr in full swing is one of the great pleasures of a life in art, and A Life Spent Painting delivers." - Artforum, "Robert Storr and Philip Guston is a perfect match. The writing is informative and passionate and enlarges the understanding of a great American painter." - Alex Katz -- -, "Guston is the ultimate artist's artist, and he is so perfect an artist for the complicated times we are living in, this is the ultimate book on him. Storr follows him from the very beginning to his break with abstraction and beyond, revelling in the late work, and all of its intense reworking of all his earliest themes." - Chantal Joffe -- -, "" Philip Guston: A Life Spent Painting is one of the biggest, heaviest art books this year, and every ounce of it is earned. Robert Storr, who's been writing about Guston (1913-80) for decades, strikes an easy balance between erudition and awe-he has all the facts, but you sense he'd be happy if you just basked in the images. They're all here: the rollicking Depression-era murals; the action paintings humming with Zen and Sartre; the cartoon Klansmen redolent of nightmare as well as therapy. Mr. Storr's is the definitive Guston book." Wall Street Journal ", "Robert Storr and Philip Guston is a perfect match. The writing is informative and passionate and enlarges the understanding of a great American painter." - Alex Katz, " Make a Living Living is an encouraging and uplifting book.If you're thinking about a change in lifestyle or know someone who is, get a copy of Make a Living Living: Be Successful Doing What You Love by Nina Karnikowski. The time to take a risk and invest in yourself may be at hand. Use this book to learn from others, and you, too, might be able to live with the freedom that comes from pursuing your dreams." - New York Journal of Books, "Guston is the ultimate artist's artist, and he is so perfect an artist for the complicated times we are living in, this is the ultimate book on him. Storr follows him from the very beginning to his break with abstraction and beyond, revelling in the late work, and all of its intense reworking of all his earliest themes." - Chantal Joffe
Dewey Decimal759.13
SynopsisAn authoritative and comprehensive survey of the life and work of the visionary and influential painter Philip Guston.Driven and consumed by art, Philip Guston painted and drew compulsively. This book takes the reader from his early social realist murals and easel paintings of the 1930s and 1940s, to the Abstract Expressionist works of the 1950s and early 1960s, and finally to the powerful new language of figurative painting, which he developed in the late 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on more than thirty years of his own research, the critic and curator, Robert Storr, maps Guston's entire career in one definitive volume, providing a substantial, accessible and revealing analysis of his work.With more than 850 images, the book illustrates Guston's key works and includes many unpublished paintings and drawings. An extensive chronology, illustrated with photographs, letters, articles, publications and other ephemera drawn from the artist's archives and other sources, contextualizes Guston's life and provides in-depth coverage of his life at home, his work in the studio, his relationship with fellow artists and his many exhibitions.Guston was able to speak about art with unrivalled passion and fluency. In celebration of this, the book features Guston's own thoughts on his drawings and his great heroes of the Italian Renaissance., Driven and consumed by art, Philip Guston painted and drew compulsively. This book takes the reader from his early social realist murals and easel paintings of the 1930s and 1940s, to the Abstract Expressionist works of the 1950s and early 1960s, and finally to the powerful new language of figurative painting, which he developed in the late 1960s and 1970s. Drawing on more than thirty years of his own research, the critic and curator, Robert Storr, maps Guston's entire career in one definitive volume, providing a substantial, accessible, and revealing analysis of his work. With more than 850 images, the book illustrates Guston's key works and includes many unpublished paintings and drawings. An extensive chronology, illustrated with photographs, letters, articles, publications, and other ephemera drawn from the artist's archives and other sources, contextualizes Guston's life and provides in-depth coverage of his life at home, his work in the studio, his relationship with fellow artists and his many exhibitions. Guston was able to speak about art with unrivalled passion and fluency. In celebration of this, the book features Guston's own thoughts on his drawings and his great heroes of the Italian Renaissance., An authoritative and comprehensive retrospective of the work of the visionary, adventurous, and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consumed by art, Guston painted and drew compulsively and talked about it with an unrivalled passion and fluency. Preeminent art critic, curator, and artist Robert Storr maps Guston's career, from the early social realist murals, to his poetic easel paintings of the 1940s, his shimmering abstract expressionist works of the 1950s and early 1960s, and his new and powerful language of figurative painting of the later 1960s and 70s. Also included will be key writings by Guston himself as well as an in-depth and illustrated chronology. Featuring all the artist's best-known works, as well as many lesser-known and previously unpublished paintings, the book will also include photographs of the artist at home, at work, at exhibitions, and with other artists.
LC Classification NumberND237.G8S76 2019
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- Jan 05, 2021
great deal!
fantastic book! the quality of reproductions is AMAZING!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Apr 21, 2021
Guston is a god
High quality documentation of Guston's career as the consummate artist.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
