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Robert Winthrop Chanler - Discovering the Fantastic

Inglese · Copertina rigida

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Informationen zum Autor Gina Wouters is curator at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. Responsible for the research and display of a multifaceted collection, Wouters’s focus centers on the twentieth century, including the commissioning of contemporary artists in a Gilded Age context. Andrea Gollin is an independent editor and writer working with Vizcaya, The Wolfsonian, High Museum of Art, and other institutions. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a National Historic Landmark that preserves the Miami estate of agricultural industrialist James Deering. Built between 1914 and 1922, Vizcaya is one of the most intact remaining examples from this era in United States history. Klappentext In collaboration with Miami's Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a rediscovery of a lost figure of American modernism-the early-twentieth-century American painter born into the Astor family, whose imagination and patrician clientele provide a fascinating artistic and biographical saga. American modernism is populated with a cast of extraordinary characters, but few were as exuberant as Robert Winthrop Chanler, who made his artistic reputation with exotic and brilliantly colored lacquered screens and architectural interiors whose compositions feature fantastical avian, jungle, and aquatic creatures, many overlaid with iridescent metallic finishes. Chanler painted what entertained and interested him, while attracting wealthy Gilded Age patrons and earning popular and critical acclaim at numerous exhibitions-including the 1905 Salon d'Automne, the show featuring paintings by "les fauves," with Henri Matisse as their leader; and the legendary "International Exhibition of Modern Art" in New York City, popularly known as the 1913 Armory Show. But, despite such a prolific career and a fascinating body of work, Chanler quickly became an obscure figure after his death in 1930. Robert Winthrop Chanler: Discovering the Fantastic is the first comprehensive examination in more than eighty years of an artist who straddled the divide between fine and decorative art, defined notions of originality and authorship during the birth of American modernism, and posthumously challenges twenty-first century preservationists through his idiosyncratic techniques and unorthodox material choices. Co-published with Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, which preserves Chanler's fantastic undersea mural on the swimming pool grotto ceiling of the historic estate, the book includes essays that explore major commissions and conservation issues, all illustrated with new color photography, as well as a chronology and exhibition history, making this the definitive study on an indelible American modernist. Zusammenfassung In collaboration with Miami’s Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, a rediscovery of a lost figure of American modernism - the early-twentieth-century American painter born into the Astor family, whose imagination and patrician clientele provide a fascinating artistic and biographical saga. American modernism is populated with a cast of extraordinary characters, but few were as exuberant as Robert Winthrop Chanler, who made his artistic reputation with exotic and brilliantly colored lacquered screens and architectural interiors whose compositions feature fantastical avian, jungle, and aquatic creatures, many overlaid with iridescent metallic finishes. Chanler painted what entertained and interested him, while attracting wealthy Gilded Age patrons and earning popular and critical acclaim at numerous exhibitions - including the 1905 Salon d’Automne, the show featuring paintings by “les fauves,” with Henri Matisse as their leader; and the legendary “International Exhibition of Modern Art” in New York City, popularly known as the 1913 Armory Show. But, despite such a prolific career and a fascinating body of work, Chanler quickly became an obscure figure after his death in 1930. ...

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Autori Vizcaya Museum And Gardens, Andrea Gollin, Hoffm, Eve M Kahn, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Gina Wouters
Con la collaborazione di Andrea Gollin (Editore), Gina Wouters (Editore)
Editore Monacelli Press
 
Lingue Inglese
Formato Copertina rigida
Pubblicazione 31.05.2016
 
EAN 9781580934572
ISBN 978-1-58093-457-2
Pagine 256
Dimensioni 236 mm x 274 mm x 28 mm
Serie THE MONACELLI P
Categorie Scienze sociali, diritto, economia
Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Storia dell'arte

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