Bob Thompson (1937-1966) was a figurative expressionist painter active in literary, musical, and artistic circles in New York and Europe from the late 1950s until his death in 1966. In the first book devoted solely to Thompson, the life and work of this pivotal figure in modern American art history and African American culture receive the attention they deserve. Judith Wilson situates Bob Thompson within the context of both contemporary artistic production and cultural trends of the fifties and sixties. She uses interviews ...
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Bob Thompson (1937-1966) was a figurative expressionist painter active in literary, musical, and artistic circles in New York and Europe from the late 1950s until his death in 1966. In the first book devoted solely to Thompson, the life and work of this pivotal figure in modern American art history and African American culture receive the attention they deserve. Judith Wilson situates Bob Thompson within the context of both contemporary artistic production and cultural trends of the fifties and sixties. She uses interviews, Thompson's diary entries and letters to his family, and his work to give a thoughtful and thorough interpretation of his art and persona. She traces Thompson's development--psychologically, socially, and artistically--effectively portraying his first encounters with art and bohemian culture and his intensely active period in Europe shortly before his death in Rome at the age of 29. Bob Thompson's life intersects several important currents in recent American culture, and his work reveals an unfinished quest for communal identity, says Wilson. His use of postmodern techniques of appropriation and pastiche embraced both the Western tradition and cultural resources specific to the African American experience. The publication of Bob Thompson recognizes the important role of the artist in the vanguard of twentieth-century American art.
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Minor rubbing. VG. 28x23cm, 200 pp, PAPERBACK. With an essay by Judith Wilson and commentaries by Shamim Momin. Catalogue of the exhibition of the work of the African-American painter Bob Thompson [1937-1966] held at the Whitney Museum of American Art, Sept. 25, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999.
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Very Good + 0874271150 4to, 199 pp, VG+ in moderately shelf-rubbed wraps. 196 illustrations, including 126 in full color. Exhibition history; bibliography. Includes an essay by Judith Wilson. Major monograph on this African American abstract expressionist painter.
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Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Whitney Museum of American Art, 1998. Quarto. Hardcover. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. A lovely copy of this book studying and displaying the life and artwork of Thompson.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
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