"Organized by the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; guest curator, Debra Bricker Balken."--Page 207. Exhibition dates; Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy, May 6-September 17, 2017; Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts, November 4, 2017-March 11, 2018.
Summary:
"One of the foremost American artists to emerge from the 1940s, a decade that saw the rise of Abstract Expressionism, Tobey (1890--1976) is now recognized as a vanguard figure whose work anticipated the formal innovations of New York School artists such as Jackson Pollock. Tobey's small tempera paintings composed of intricate, pale webs of delicate lines generated much interest for their daring 'all-over compositions. Tobey's unique form of abstraction was the synthesis of his living both in Seattle and New York, his extensive trips to Hong Kong, Shanghai, Kyoto, and Europe, and his conversion to the Baha'i faith. His subtle calligraphic renderings are composed of a lyrical integration of both Eastern and Western visual histories and philosophies and pan-cultural references to abstract traditions that range from Chinese scroll painting to European Cubism"--Review from Amazon.com site.
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