
Howard Post
Western Perspectives
Jerry N. Smith(Author)
Rose Fredrick Fine Art Publishing
Will be published approx. on 30. May 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
200 pages
978-0-9833685-4-0 (ISBN)
Description
Featuring four decades of Howard Post's iconic paintings of the American West, this large format hardcover book delves into his life's work and journey from youthful desire to ultimately finding his own voice by returning to his roots and painting what he knows. A fine essay by Jerry Smith chronicles Post's work and offers succinct observations on the elements that have made him one of the West's truly unique modern masters.
Distributed for Rose Fredrick Fine Art Publishing.
Distributed for Rose Fredrick Fine Art Publishing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Centennial
United States
Illustrations
150 colour plates
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 305 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-9833685-4-0 (9780983368540)
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Person
<strong>Jerry N. Smith</strong>, PhD, is curator of American and Western American art at Phoenix Art Museum, USA, where he has introduced numerous works into the collection and overseen several exhibitions, including <em>A Century of Retablos</em> and <em>Gustave Baumann: Artisan Printmaker of the Southwest.</em> He was a contributing organiser and catalogue essayist for<em>In Contemporary Rhythm: The Art of Ernest L. Blumenshein </em>and <em>Cézanne and American Modernism, </em>writing on the influences of European modernism on artists working in the American West in the early twentieth century.