American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism:Style is Timely Art is Timeless

the long version

This book is a follow up to the earlier volumes: New York School Abstract Expressionists: Artists Choice by Artists; and American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey Fifty-eight American Expressionist painters and sculptors of the post-World War II era, are represented each, in two full-page color abstract and figurative works. The book intends to show that the most engaged mainstream creative work in New York and across the USA was not restricted to non-representational or representational expressionism but rather to the creative power of the individual expressionist artist. The artists are represented in alphabetical order. Statements written by the artists themselves. The biographical information for each artist is presented in a standardized, uniform fashion. Date of publication: August 2009. Format: 12 x 9 1/4 inches. Hardcover, with jacket. Library binding. Number of pages: 254. ISBN: 9780967799421. LC Control No.: 2008944164. Number of full- page illustrations: 116; Index included.