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Richard Diebenkorn | 
 enlarge | Author: Gerald Nordland
Publisher: Rizzoli
Category: Book
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Rating:  7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1464112
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1st
Pages: 248
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 12.8 x 11 x 1
ISBN: 084780870X
Dewey Decimal Number: 759.13
EAN: 9780847808700
ASIN: 084780870X
Publication Date: June 15, 1993
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Amazon.com Review
IRichard Diebenkorn/I is an expanded edition of Gerald Nordland's authoritative study of the painter, first published in 1987 and now reissued by Rizzoli, a leading publisher of fine-art books. Diebenkorn, who died in 1993, long ago entered the pantheon of great modernist artists. He was an early abstract expressionist, then went through a less successful stage of figural painting. Abruptly changing direction in the late 1960s, he rediscovered abstraction in an extraordinary series of grandly conceived paintings titled "Ocean Park," produced over a span of nearly 20 years. With strong vertical and diagonal constructions serving as structure for large areas of fresh, lyrical color, the elegant juxtapositions and satisfying geometry of "Ocean Park" make it his masterpiece; almost half this oversize book is devoted to the series. Nordland's descriptions and analyses of the paintings, based on 40 years' study of Diebenkorn's life and work, guide the reader to a deeper understanding of the painter's intentions and achievements. The text is clear, straightforward, and largely convincing, though there is surprisingly little comparative material by other artists. Graceful, understated design that complements the paintings, and extremely sensitive color reproduction, make the book itself aesthetically satisfying and a pleasure to look at. This new edition of IRichard Diebenkorn/I maintains the book's status as the definitive study of one of America's most influential 20th-century artists. I--John Stevenson/I
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divRichard Diebenkorn, who died in 1993, is generally acknowledged as one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century. The luminous abstractions of his later career and the innovative figurative works of his middle years firmly established him as a master in the high tradition of modernism.brbrThis revised and expanded edition of the first comprehensive monograph on the artist presents a rich selection of the artist's oeuvre. Until the mid-1950s, he painted in the abstract expressionist tradition (synthesizing, as he has since, such disparate influences as de Kooning, Gorky, Hopper, and Cezanne) before turning (unfashionably) to figurative painting along with artists David Park and Elmer Bischoff. He then embarked on the series of large abstract paintings for which he is best known--each titled iOcean Park/i after the beachside community where he worked. Reminiscent of Matisse in color and Mondrian in geometry, these are some of the most remarkable accomplishments of twentieth-century art. The updated section of this edition follows Diebenkorn's career from the mid-1980s until his death, focusing particularly on his adventurous late works on paper. In each "phase" of his career, Diebenkorn explored the intricate interplay between formal rigor and luminous, sensual color with the same masterful hand.brbrAlong with several hundred reproductions of the artist's work, critic Gerald Nordland provides a thoughtful and informative study of Diebenkorn's life and career, an updated, comprehensive exhibition history, and a selected bibliography.br/div
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Diebenkorn Addiction April 28, 2008
Susan Reed (colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I salivate over this book, and look at it daily. Diebenkorn has always been a big inspiration to my artistic endeavors, and the images in this book (plus the text, which is well written) is such a treat. Really covers it all!
The Art of Richard Dieberkorn October 30, 2007
OLMC (Cali, Colombia)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Good book at an excellent price. It is worth it. Good pictures. Reading a little bit heavy.
An exemplary art book April 9, 2007
Claude Reich (Florianopolis, Brazil and Paris, France)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
One of the best art books I have read so far. The reproductions do justice to this master of color, virtually unknown outside the U.S.and, as a French reader,thanks to this book, I discovered one of the most impressive achievements in recent modern art: the Ocean Park series which Diebenkorn painted in the late 60's and early 70's. The other aspects of his oeuvre are, in my opinion, not as imposing, but to understand an artist, it is necessary to have a global vision of his output, and this is what this book manages to give.
Richard Diebenkorn January 30, 2007
Lida (Duncan BC.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I give it a 5 star because the content was exactly what I was looking for. To own a book by the author is difficult to find. The text is very informing and the photo's are true to color. I am always interested in abstract art, and I found it very informing.
A painter all to discover November 5, 2006
Francesco Sant'angelo (Brussels, Belgium)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
Excellent monography about a painter all to discover; all the periods and technics are overviewed in a very pleasant language; a lot of place for reproduction of works of Diebenkorn and reproduction work is very meticulos. So, probably the best book about the work and life of Richard Diebenkorn
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