Grillo : abstract expressionism : the formative years 1946-1948 /

Grillo : abstract expressionism : the formative years 1946-1948 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Grillo, John, 1917-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	North Truro, MA : Fields Publishing ; Provincetown, MA : Provincetown Art Association and Museum, c2010.
Description:	133 p. : col. ill. ; 28 x 30 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Grillo, John, -- 1917- Grillo, John, -- 1917-2014 Abstract expressionism -- United States -- 20th century. Abstract expressionism. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8157409

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Other authors / contributors:	Landauer, Susan. Provincetown Art Association
ISBN:	9780982319666 0982319665
Notes:	Title from jacket.
Summary:	From 1946 to 1947, Grillo played a seminal role in the San Francisco branch of a movement that would revolutionize American art. Today, Grillo is acknowledged as perhaps the first and the purest "Action Painter" on the west coast, and one of the most influential painters of San Francisco's school of abstract expressionism. What is not know is that Grillo's efforts paralleled and in some cases anticipated developments in the East [coast of the United States]. -- Publishers' description.

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Summary:	Vivid and stimulating, this lush monograph focuses on the watercolors that artist John Grillo created during his three years in San Francisco and his major--but heretofore unrecognized--contributions to the abstract expressionist movement. Each of the more than 60 color plates is accompanied by an artist's statement that will give readers firsthand insight into the mind and creations of one of the finest "action painters" in the postwar West Coast scene. Art students learning about watercolor media, art historians studying abstract expressionism, and collectors of abstract expressionist art will be thrilled by this brilliant new contribution to Grillo scholarship.
Item Description:	Title from jacket.
Physical Description:	133 p. : col. ill. ; 28 x 30 cm.
ISBN:	9780982319666 0982319665