Monumental Dreams - The Life and Sculpture of Ann Norton (Hardcover)

From child of the South to modernist master "Seebohm brings her exceptional gift for storytelling to the life of this important but underknown American artist."--Graham Boettcher, William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art, Birmingham Museum of Art "A fascinating story. It is also the history of the intense struggle between figurative and abstract sculpture in mid-twentieth century art, a struggle that still continues to this day."--Edwina Sandys, artist and winner of the United Nations Society of Writers and Artists Award for Excellence "Brings together all the unique chapters of Ann Norton's life. Seebohm is not afraid to share with the reader Norton's disappointments, successes, and her final legacy."--Cynthia Palmieri, executive director, Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens, Inc. In 1929, the Museum of Modern Art opened its doors, showing the astonishing paintings of Picasso, Matisse, and other avant garde artists. Young American artists quickly responded by experimenting with impressionism, cubism, and abstraction.
In "Monumental Dreams," author Caroline Seebohm tells the riveting story of how Ann Norton (1905-1982)--a child of the South who had eschewed her Alabama roots to become a sculptor in New York City--joined this new guard. She studied with John Hovannes and Jose de Creeft and was studio assistant to Alexander Archipenko. Her work was well received, and by age 35, she had already participated in group shows at MOMA and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Despite her burgeoning career, Norton found New York a difficult place to live. In search of paying work, she moved to Florida, where she became a teacher at the Norton Gallery and School of Art, founded by retired Acme Steel president Ralph Hubbard Norton. The two built a relationship based on love as well as common aesthetic values, and after his death, she built her finest and lasting work. Today, her monolithic sculptures--in the spirit of Stonehenge, Henry Moore, and Buddhist temple art--can be admired in the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens in West Palm Beach, Florida.

General

Imprint:	University Press of Florida
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2014
First published:	April 2014
Authors:	Caroline Seebohm
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	208
ISBN-13:	978-0-8130-4977-9
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Film, television, music, theatre Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms > Sculpture Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Books > Biography > Film, television, music, theatre
LSN:	0-8130-4977-6
Barcode:	9780813049779

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