| Description |
xxiii, 227 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Artists & art
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Artists & art.
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| Summary |
"This book collects, for the first time, texts by Hélion published originally in English in magazines both well-known and obscure, including Partisan Review, Burlington Magazine, and Art and Literature. In these incisive and beautifully lucid essays, notes, and interviews from almost five decades, on subjects ranging from the abstract artist's role in society to the traditions of figure painting, Hélion applies a powerful intellectual authority to the studio insights of the working artist"--Dust jacket. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Deborah Rosenthal -- Evolution of abstract art as shown in the gallery of living art -- From reduction to growth -- Seurat as predecessor -- Poussin, Seurat and double rhythm -- Avowals and comments -- Abstract artist in society : interview with Jean Hélion -- Ten Frenchmen on a prison farm -- Escape through Germany -- Colors and walls -- How war has made me paint -- Making of a picture -- Untitled text included in "Eleven Europeans in America" -- Notes from a letter to the author -- Text -- Figure -- Objects for a painter -- Art concert 1930 -- New York City. |
| Local Note |
Rider Faculty Publications |
| Subject |
Art.
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Art. |
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Painting.
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Painting. |
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Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987.
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Hélion, Jean, 1904-1987. |
| Added Author |
Rosenthal, Deborah, editor.
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| ISBN |
1611459087 (hardback) |
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9781611459081 (hardback) |
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