{"product_id":"richard-diebenkorn-9780847808700","title":"Richard Diebenkorn","description":"\u003cp\u003eRichard Diebenkorn  who died in 1993  is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century. The luminous abstractions of his later career and the innovative figurative works of his middle years firmly established him as a master in the high tradition of modernism.  This revised and expanded edition of the first comprehensive monograph on the artist presents a rich selection of the artists oeuvre. Until the mid-1950s  he painted in the abstract expressionist tradition (synthesizing  as he has since  such disparate influences as de Kooning  Gorky  Hopper  and Czanne) before turning (unfashionably) to figurative painting along with artists David Park and Elmer Bischoff. He then embarked on the series of large abstract paintings for which he is best known--each titled Ocean Park after the beachside community where he worked. Reminiscent of Matisse in color and Mondrian in geometry  these are some of the most remarkable accomplishments of twentieth-century art. The updated section of this edition follows Diebenkorns career from the mid-1980s until his death  focusing particularly on his adventurous late works on paper. In each \"phase\" of his career  Diebenkorn explored the intricate interplay between formal rigor and luminous  sensual color with the same masterful hand.  Along with several hundred reproductions of the artists work  critic Gerald Nordland provides a thoughtful and informative study of Diebenkorns life and career  an updated  comprehensive exhibition history  and a selected bibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647077376053,"sku":"ByrdShop_084780870X","price":179.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780847808700.jpg?v=1781687900","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/richard-diebenkorn-9780847808700","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}