Milton Avery: The Late Paintings

Milton Avery: The Late Paintings by Hobbs, Robert. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780810942745.

Milton Averys late paintings, done between 1947 and 1963, stand at the nexus of figurative modernism and Abstract Expressionism. Frequently viewed as the last of the American figurative painters, Avery, in this books reassessment, provides a key to understanding the artists of the second half of the American century. This volume accompanies the only exhibition of Averys art since the popular 1982 retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art; it is the first book on Avery in over a decade. A 1958 essay by the seminal critic Clement Greenberg provides a valuable period context, while the new text by Robert Hobbs makes an insightful connection between Averys painting and the lyrical modernism of Wallace Stevenss poetry, which will intrigue lovers of American poetry as well as American art.