Considered a quintessentially californian artist, he is best remembered as a founding member of the bay area figurative movement, along with david park and elmer bischoff. See all books authored by richard diebenkorn, including richard diebenkorn, and richard diebenkorn small paintings from ocean park, and more on. A highly influential midcentury american artist, richard diebenkorn is known for his abstract landscape paintings, in particular the ocean park series, which he exhibited when representing america at the 1978 venice biennale. Virginia museum of fine artskatherine wetzel being in the presence of a. Getting this many ocean park works together more than 70 clarifies the intuition that they unfold themselves only over time, as if diebenkorn had somehow packed time into them, like. Ocean park composition color blocking, line work, dark yet subtle contrast is the most important.
Stunningly illustrated, with 192 fullcolor reproductions, this book is an. You must login to create and manage your collections. The ocean park series is the most comprehensive show to date of diebenkorn s most celebrated works. Ocean park paintings richard diebenkorn exhibitions.
Produced in a slipcase box, this is the ultimate source for art enthusiasts, from his early work of the mid1940s to his berkeley and ocean park series. Green, an etching from the ocean park series remains one of the most highly valued etchings in this country. Featuring stunning pairings of more than 80 paintings and drawings, this book charts the evolution of matisses impact on diebenkorn over the course of diebenkorn s career. Though they never met, matisse was an enduring source of inspiration for the californian artist, and their works share surprising similarities in subject, composition, palette, and technique. Richard diebenkorn small paintings from ocean park second.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The emperor of ocean park is a 2002 novel by american author and law professor stephen l. Ocean park hong kong tickets booking, combo tickets price. A hallmark of the ocean park paintings is that each one creates its own, selfcontained chromatic universe. A visually striking object measuring nearly 10 by 12 inches, the book includes a handsome slipcase box and features 340 illustrations in new color photography. Get the best deals on richard diebenkorn art prints when you shop the largest online selection at. Small paintings from ocean park first edition hardcover hine inc. A funny resort for couples and families combining zoo, aquarium and. The art of richard diebenkorn will give readers with an interest in all phases of modernism new thoughts about the relationship between abstraction and representation. Two years after richard diebenkorn was born in portland, oregon, on april 22, 1922, his family relocated to san francisco.
Richard diebenkorn april 22, 1922 march 30, 1993 was an american painter. Accompanying essays add insight into the artists inspiration and impact. A formidable painter, diebenkorn 19221993 is known for both his figurative and abstract work. If both his abstract expressionist paintings and his ocean park represent aerial landscapes, the former are intuitive and impulsive, while the latter. The book includes not only his iconic paintings of the california landscape and interior figures but also many of his lesswellknown and rarely published works. Art critic michael kimmelman described diebenkorn as one of the premier american painters of the postwar era, whose deeply lyrical abstractions evoked the shimmering light and wideopen spaces of. Coorganized by orange county museum of art in newport beach, california, and the modern art museum of fort worth, the exhibition is curated by ocma curator sarah c. Richard diebenkorn, ocean park no vertical composition horizontal on the bottom, diagonal breaking up monotony of vertical lines richard diebenkorn. Those who view art history as primarily a series of. The richard diebenkorn foundation the ocean park paintings made in santa monica when the area was much less developed. Richard diebenkorn was an influential 20thcentury american painter whose work was comprised of distinct aesthetic periods. See all books authored by richard diebenkorn, including richard diebenkorn, and richard diebenkorn.
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Although his parents were not particularly supportive of his interest in the arts, diebenkorn found encouragement from his grandmother, a poet, painter, and civil rights lawyer, who fostered his visual imagination by giving him illustrated books, taking him to local. It is the perfect introduction to the work of this seminal. Almost eight feet high and seven feet wide, it consists of a large rectangle of blue framed by a horizontal and vertical bands of colour all. In these works, diebenkorn shows his range of palette, his interest in light and surface as well as the study of open and closed form. This stunning exhibition catalogue celebrates indepth for the first time richard diebenkorn s seminal ocean park works, serving as a major reference and a source of new scholarship on the series. His strong influences were matisse and clyfford still. For someone wanting most of the ocean park series, and high quality pictures, i think gerald nordland s richard diebenkorn is a better choice than this. This print features a reproduction of ocean park no.
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Richard diebenkorn paintings and works on paper 19461952. Ocean park itself is a community near santa monica, where diebenkorn traces a daily path between home and studio, but whether or not these works make the topical. The book covers diebenkorn s three distinct periods, which saw him gain recognition as a leading abstract expressionist in the early 1950s, then turn to figurative painting, before embarking on a highly successful period of abstract paintings and drawings the ocean park series. General admission ticket is good for an oneday adventure at ocean park. Safe to say that ocean parks staff are much more professional than that of. Created over a period of 20 years, diebenkorn s brilliantly luminous compositions were inspired by the santa monica neighborhood he walked through each day. Tracing six of diebenkorn s works on paper to their origins in the south of france, 1978. Solo exhibitionthese luminous works were named by the artist the ocean park series after the section in santa monica where his studio was located. Manila ocean park is the first worldclass marine theme park in the philippines. Where we are the current searchable selection of paintings, works on paper and prints is only an introduction to the full body of richard diebenkorn s output. Founded in 1997, has become a leading book price comparison site. What famed painter richard diebenkorn taught artist tony. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the bay area figurative movement of the 1950s and 1960s. A retrospective, published by rizzoli new york in 2019, is the most comprehensive monograph on the distinguished american painter, draftsman, and printmaker for readers of all backgrounds and levels of interest.
Art critic michael kimmelman described diebenkorn as one of the premier american painters of the postwar era, whose deeply lyrical abstractions evoked the shimmering light and wideopen spaces of california, where he spent virtually his entire life. Our resort is overflowing with fun perks, offering all you need for your family vacation. Richard diebenkorn grew up in san francisco and attended stanford university, and later the california school of fine arts now the san francisco art institute. Although well established as an abstract painter, diebenkorn returned to figuration in the mid1950s. Santa monica and ocean park richard diebenkorn foundation. His later work best known as the ocean park paintings were instrumental to his achievement of worldwide acclaim. Richard diebenkorn, the ocean park paintings critically reexamines the celebrated west coast painters most compelling achievement. Richard diebenkorn small paintings from ocean park second edition edition. The emperor of ocean park and millions of other books are available for instant access. Hong kong hotel suites for family resort hong kong ocean park. Richard diebenkorn books list of books by author richard.
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