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This magnificent publication surveys the vital role of women in the
development of Abstract Expressionism by looking at more than 50
paintings, collages and sculptures all accompanied by carefully
selected quotes from the artists themselves. The dominant movement
of the New York and San Francisco art scenes of the mid-20th
century, Abstract Expressionism is celebrated as the first
development in American art to gain international status. The
movement is synonymous with the work of Jackson Pollock, Mark
Rothko, and Willem de Kooning, but also belonging to this
generation who changed the course of modern art were numerous
female artists; only in recent years have their contributions
received the recognition they deserve. The remarkable women in this
exciting new book - among them Perle Fine, Helen Frankenthaler,
Sonia Gechtoff, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell - studied at the
same art schools as the men, exhibited at the same galleries, and
were part of the same social scene. But their work was not shown
and reviewed as widely or considered as valuable as that of the
men. This beautiful book presents the works of the Levett
Collection, an unparalleled private collection of paintings,
drawings and sculpture by women Abstract Expressionists. Richly
illustrated essays by the scholars Ellen G. Landau and Joan M.
Marter, leading authorities on the subject, consider, respectively,
the vital role of women in the development of Abstract
Expressionism and the work of women sculptors of the movement. Full
of exuberant, explosive colour and densely layered expression, the
main part of the book is devoted to more than 50 paintings,
collages, and sculptures, all accompanied by pertinent quotes from
the women about their artistic practice and concerns. An
illustrated timeline and 35 artist biographies provide further
insight, making this volume an essential addition to the study of
Abstract Expressionist women, innovators in their own right, whose
time in the art-historical spotlight has finally come. AUTHOR:
Ellen G. Landau is Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emerita at Case
Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Joan M. Marter is
Distinguished Professor Emerita at Rutgers, the State University of
New Jersey. 170 illustrations
This book explores the achievements of a group of young women
artists who learned about the New Art through an extraordinary
faculty of innovators at Douglass College. New Art rejected the
dominance of Abstract Expressionism, advocating that art should be
based on everyday life and that "anything can be art."
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