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The spiritually inspired pictures of Agnes Pelton (1881–1961) have their roots in the desert of California, a place where the artist settled in 1932 and where she lived until her death.
She wrote of her highly symbolic paintings that her pictures were “like little windowsâ€, which opened up a view into the interior, her “message of light to the worldâ€. In the 1920s Agnes Pelton started to explore abstract painting, because this offered her the possibility of translating esoteric topics into pictures as well as interpreting earth and light in a spiritual way.
Like her fellow-artist Georgia O’Keeffe, Pelton deliberately turned her back on the art scene of the East Coast.
She was celebrated for her abstract compositions: “… it is simply an oasis of beauty for the eyeâ€, was how American Art News eulogised her work.
After her death Pelton’s work disappeared from the public focus for a long time; today her important artistic contribution to American modernism is acknowledged once more.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:72 pages, 55 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Hirmer Verlag
- Publication Date:15/12/2022
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- ISBN:9783777439297
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In Stock - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:72 pages, 55 Illustrations, unspecified
- Publisher:Hirmer Verlag
- Publication Date:15/12/2022
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- ISBN:9783777439297
