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A welcome overview of the career of a significant yet often
overlooked American painterAlfred Henry Maurer (1868-1932) was a
prolific artist who worked in many of the styles of the early
twentieth century: impressionism, postimpressionism, fauvism, and
expressionism. This richly illustrated book draws from the single
largest public collection of his work and presents the impressive
range of his paintings and works on paper throughout his career.
Maurer was one of the first American artists to travel to Paris in
the early 1900s to experience the new art movements developing
there. He was particularly influenced by Matisse and his bold and
dramatic use of color, and became one of the first American artists
to embrace and incorporate fauvism in his work. In 1909 Alfred
Stieglitz included Maurer in a show at his New York gallery, where
his art was exhibited in the company of other American modernists
such as Georgia O'Keeffe, Arthur Dove, and Marsden Hartley. Despite
his extensive and varied career, Maurer did not achieve the fame or
recognition of many of his contemporaries, and an insightful essay
by Daphne Anderson Deeds provides valuable background about his
artistic development and his lonely and tragic personal life.
Distributed for the Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
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