Richard Estes' realism / Patterson Sims with Jessica May and Helen Ferrulli
Material Type | Books |
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Publisher | Maine ; Washington, DC : Portland Museum of Art : Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Publisher | New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press |
Year | [2014] |
Language | English |
Size | xi, 177 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 × 29 cm |
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Other titles | translation of title by cataloging agency:リチャード・エステス リアリズム |
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Contents | Richard Estes' realism / Patterson Sims Into the deep / Jessica May Plates A chronology of Richard Estes' life and career / Helen Ferrulli |
Notes | Catalog of an exhibition held at the Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine, May 22-September 7, 2014, and at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., October 10, 2014-February 8, 2015 Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-173) Richard Estes (b. 1932) is one of the most celebrated adopters of photorealism; his paintings are characterized by painstaking detail that mimics the clarity and accuracy of photographs. Estes' most famous canvases from the 1970s depict New York's urban landscape, and his manner of painting reflections in a multitude of metal and glass surfaces displays astounding technical skill. In his subsequent career, Estes has continued to demonstrate his superlative ability to show complex plays of light and shadow in Maine seascapes, views of Venetian lagoons, and night time street scenes. Accompanying Estes' first solo exhibition of paintings in the United States in over two decades, 'Richard Estes' Realism' surveys fifty years of his work and places him within the historical narrative of realist painting. The authors explore the ongoing modernist dialogue between camera and canvas, and discuss the situation of Estes' work at the crossroads of painting and photography. Over fifty full-page plates showcase the amazing HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013955379-b.html Information=Contributor biographical information HTTP:URL=http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1503/2013955379-d.html Information=Publisher description |
Authors | Sims, Patterson author May, Jessica, 1977- author Ferrulli, Helen author Estes, Richard, 1932- Portland Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum |
Subjects | LCSH:Estes, Richard, 1932- -- Exhibitions
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LCSH:Photo-realism -- United States -- Exhibitions All Subject Search LCSH:Painting, American -- 20th century -- Exhibitions All Subject Search LCSH:Painting, American -- 21st century -- Exhibitions All Subject Search |
Classification | LCC:ND237.E75 DC23:759.13 |
ID | 1000023641 |
ISBN | 9780300205121 |
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