Abstract Expressionist Women Painters [Hardcover]

Francoise S. Puniello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996

While there have been many tools that cover women artists in general, this is the first to cover artists in depth. The six women represented in this bibliography--Elaine de Kooning, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Ethel Schwabacher--were in the forefront of the American Art movement as the center of the art world shifted from Paris to New York. Annotations are given for books, catalogs, and journal articles. An excellent resource for libraries, museums, and departments of art history and women studies.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The authors succeed in bringing to light information about the lives, works, and exhibitions of a group of six women painters in an accurately documented and exhaustively annotated bibliography. For all undergraduate collections and specialized art libraries. (Choice )

The chronological organization of citations is useful in seeing increased periodical coverage as the artists' careers progressed... (Ab Bookman's Weekly )

...in-depth coverage of a few of the women who worked and exhibited in the Abstract Expressionist movement, some of whom have been left virtually unmentioned in history. (Women Artists News )

This needed compilation with short summaries of some lives and the art style that brought the art world's attention tot he United States will promote research on, looking at, and making, art. (Arba )

If you happen to be interested in one of the six [painters included], this is a wonderful resource. (Feminist Collections )

About the Author

Francoise S. Puniello is the Director of the Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Rutgers University. Halina R. Rusask is the head of the Art Library at Rutgers University and a professional artist.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 372 pages
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810829983
• ISBN-13: 978-0810829985
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,995,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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