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Fairfield Porter (Hardcover)
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Fairfield Porter (Hardcover)
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A figurative realist in the heyday of abstract expres- sionism,
Fairfield Porter (1907-1975) painted himself, his family, and
friends in New York City, in Southampton, Long Island, and on an
island off the Maine coast, all depicting a relaxed and comfortable
world that seemed to mirror his own affluent, well- connected
existence. With virtually all of the artist's previous publications
now out of print, this much- anticipated volume is an important
addition to the literature on this great American master. Porter
graduated from Harvard in 1928 and then studied at the Art Students
League in New York with Thomas Hart Benton. Along with months in
Maine, Porter lived in New York and from 1948 on, in Southampton
where he purchased a large, late Federal-style house for his own
expanding family. Porter painted several artist friends, including
Elaine de Kooning, Larry Rivers, and Jane Freilicher. He was also
close to the modern poets John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, and James
Schuyler. With a carefully curated selection of the artist's best
works, John Wilmerding, a specialist in American art, gives full
consideration to Porter's expressive compositions and a color
palette influenced by his coastal surroundings. Karen Wilkin
discusses Porter's influences and pictorial creativity.
Distinguished poet J. D. McClatchy writes a reflection on one of
Porter's paintings.
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