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Title: The Art of Richard Diebenkorn by Jane Livingston, John Elderfield, Ruth Fine, Richard Diebenkorn, Whitney Museum of American Art ISBN: 0-520-21258-4 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (9 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: AN EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY/CATALOG ON A GREAT AMERICAN ARTIST
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Richard Diebenkorn is quickly gaining stature as one of world's great painters of the 20th century. This excellent book by Jane Livingston is a replete biography - also discussing the development of his artistic skill by providing insight on Diebenkorn's philosophy of painting. Many of his own personal quotes and writings are drawn upon here as well as some examples of his consistently high quality work.
A wonderfullly versatile painter, Diebenkorn was a bit of a maverick in that he refused to allow himself to be limited by the type of work he pursued, being equally at home with figurative, landscape and abstract work. He refused to allow himself to fall into a mold and held to the belief that the work of an artist should be difficult and full of problems needing solution. This he did throughout his long and productive career, concentrating on different goals at various times.
Being somewhat isolated due to his west coast location, he managed to maintain a sense of freshness unique to himself and his lesser regional colleagues. This enabled him to avoid elitist and other constrictive restraints existing for those in the east. For example, Diebenkorn's abstract work - which reached a pinnacle in his Ocean Park Series - can be classified as Abstract Expressionism, but he really never was part of the crowd which included Pollock, Newman, Rothko, Still, De Kooning, Kline, et al. As a matter of fact, we can gather from comments made in this book that Diebenkorn conciously shunned this prospect. Several times in his career he was presented with opportunities to migrate to the east coast, but he always declined.
The greatly-sensitive, emotional and colorist proclivities which his paintings possess speak to his great love and affinity for the works of Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Matisse and other expressionist painters. This is where his study and great love of art drew from. So in some ways, his counterparts in the eastern U.S. and he arrived at similar ends, but by quite different means.
There is another good book out on Richard Diebenkorn entitled simply RICHARD DIEBENKORN by Gerald Nordland which I recommend along with this one. Nordland's book is superior by way of quantity and quality of reproductions of the artist's work, but this book, Livingston's, is slightly superior in its narrative content (just my opinion). Both are 5 star books.
Rating: 5
Summary: It is all about beauty
Comment: I fell in love with Diebenkorn's paintings when I saw a picture
of one of them on Internet. I bought this book. It was
printed with high quality. His paintings are all about beauty.
He achieved the maximum freedom of expression with little
effort. But you should always try to see a real painting of him in musems. I was shocked the first time to see one Oecan Park.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great painter, Great book
Comment: After reading a few of the other reviews I felt like throwing my 2 cents worth. First of all, I am amazed and love the fact that Diebenkorn has recieved so much press. Its a shame he was shunned from the New York art world when he was alive.(Although, I don't think he was terribly upset by this) I didn't even hear of him untill I went to England to do my M.A.! I bought my first book of his then in 94'. I think its whitechaple press. In any case, this book is much more complete with great- great photos and essays. It is pure joy. The biggest problem I have with the book is trying to keep it out of my studio, so as not to get paint on it. If you happen to go to the San Francisco MOMA check out their nice collection of his work!
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Title: Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965 by Caroline A. Jones ISBN: 0520068424 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1990 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Wayne Thiebaud: A Paintings Retrospective by Steven A. Nash, Adam Gopnik, Wayne Thiebaud, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ISBN: 0500092923 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: Color in Contemporary Painting by Charles Leclair ISBN: 0823007413 Publisher: Watson-Guptill Publications Pub. Date: 01 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Richard Diebenkorn by John McEnroe, Jane Livingston, Barnaby Conrad III ISBN: 0811842193 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Richard Diebenkorn by Gerald Nordland, Richard Diebenkorn ISBN: 0847823482 Publisher: Rizzoli Pub. Date: 07 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $85.00 |
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