WOLF KAHN

Embrace the vivid hues.  This inspiring Wolf Kahn references features 100 plates faithfully reproduced in full, beautiful color. 128 illustrations total includes documentary photographs.  Front of dust jacket has minor rubbing and marking. Back dust jacket has moderate marking and scratching. Dust jacket spine is slightly faded/sunned. Small inscription to front free endpaper. Rest of pages and boards are pristine. Near fine book in very good dust jacket. Very good overall. "In the 1950s and 1960s a group of young artists forged a fresh, representational art that made use of the Abstract Expressionists' spontaneous brushwork and brilliant colour to document the world. One of the leaders of this group, Wolf Kahn, specialized in landscape painting, which he has developed over the last 40 years. This book aims to demonstrate how his use of colour has placed him at the forefront of American representational art. The text presents an overview of Kahn's life and career - his childhood in Germany, his study at the Hans Hofman school, his early success as a latter-day Expressionist, and his ten years as a painter of austere, tonalist canvases, before he turned to the luminous landscapes that established his reputation. There is also an analytical essay by the painter and critic Louis Finkelstein which discusses the origins and value of Kahn's fusion of abstraction and representation." - from the publisher 10.5 x 1 x 12.25 inches