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The Artist's Materials (Paperback)
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The Artist's Materials (Paperback)
Series: Artist's Materials
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Although Franz Kline was one of the seminal figures of the American
Abstract Expressionist movement, he is less well known than
contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de Kooning. This
is partly because Kline, unlike most artists in his circle, did not
like to write or talk about his own art. In fact, when asked in a
panel to discuss abstract art, Kline said, "I thought that was the
reason for trying to do it, because you couldn't [talk about it]."
Still, his impact was such that the critic and art historian April
Kingsley wrote, "Abstract Expressionism as a movement died with
him." This volume, the newest addition to the Artist's Materials
series from the Getty Conservation Institute, looks closely at both
Kline's life and work, from his early years in Pennsylvania to his
later success in New York City. Kline's iconic paintings are poised
on a critical cusp: some have already undergone conservation, but
others remain unaltered and retain the artist's color, gloss, and
texture, and they are surprisingly vulnerable. The authors'
presentation of rigorous examination and scientific analysis of
more than thirty of Kline's paintings from the 1930s through the
1960s provides invaluable insight into his life, materials, and
techniques. This study provides conservators with essential
information that will shape future strategies for the care of
Kline's paintings, and offers readers a more thorough comprehension
of this underappreciated artist who is so central to American
Abstract Expressionism.
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