Format:
159 Seiten
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28 cm
ISBN:
0847869911
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9780847869916
Content:
"A revelatory look at this Italian-American modernist painter of highly realistic and romanticized still lifes, landscapes, and portraits drawn from his life in the gay New York scene and rural Vermont. This first comprehensive survey of the life and work of Luigi Lucioni (1900-1988) places him in the context of fellow Regionalist painters Grant Wood, Charles Sheeler, and Thomas Hart Benton. Lucioni is known for meticulously rendered still lifes, landscapes, and arresting portraits drawn from his close-knit circle of gay New York artists and cultural figures, including Paul Cadmus, Jared French, George Platt Lynes, and Lincoln Kerstein. In the early 1930s, Lucioni discovered Vermont, whose landscapes reminded him of northern Italy. It was there that he met Electra Havemeyer Webb, who was to become his single most important patron. For more than 50 years, the New York City-based artist spent every summer painting landscapes of trees, barns, and buildings in Vermont with sharply observed realism and a cool, precise style. Key scholars examine Lucioni's oeuvre, materials, techniques, and his role in American modernism"--
Note:
Impressum: "Luigi Lucioni: Modern Light" was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at Shelburne Museum, Vermont, June 25-October 16, 2022
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Includes bibliographical references (page 159)
Language:
English
Keywords:
Lucioni, Luigi 1900-1988
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Ausstellungskatalog
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Bildband
Author information:
Nemerov, Alexander 1963-
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