Peter Selz : Sketches of a Life in Art
Paul J. Karlstrom & Peter Howard Selz & Ann Heath Karlstrom
This absorbing biography, often conveyed through Peter Selz’s own words, traces the journey of a Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler’s Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century as he describes Selz’s extraordinary careerfrom Chicago’s Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), to New York’s Museum of Modern Art during the transformative 1960s, and as founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley. Karlstrom sheds light on the controversial viewpoints that at times isolated Selz from his colleagues but nonetheless affirmed his conviction that significant art was always an expression of deep human experience. The book also links Selz’s long life storyfeaturing close relationships with such major art figures as Mark Rothko, Dore Ashton, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, and Christowith his personal commitment to political engagement.
Kateqoriyalar:
İl:
2011
Nəşr:
First Edition
Nəşriyyat:
University of California Press
Dil:
english
Səhifələr:
320
ISBN 10:
1280099259
ISBN 13:
9781280099250
Fayl:
EPUB, 3.75 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2011