Peter Selz: Sketches of a Life in Art

Unmarked. Dust jacket under clear mylar cover. 286p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century as he describes Selz's extraordinary career, including his relationships with art figures such as Mark Rothko, Dore Ashton, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, and Christo.

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This absorbing biography, often conveyed through Peter Selz's own words, traces the journey of a Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. Paul J. Karlstrom illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century as he describes Selz's extraordinary career--from Chicago's Institute of Design (New Bauhaus), to New York's Museum of Modern Art during the transformative 1960s, and as founding director of the University Art Museum at UC Berkeley. Karlstrom sheds light on the controversial viewpoints that at times isolated Selz from his colleagues but nonetheless affirmed his conviction that significant art was always an expression of deep human experience. The book also links Selz's long life story--featuring close relationships with such major art figures as Mark Rothko, Dore Ashton, Willem de Kooning, Sam Francis, and Christo--with his personal commitment to political engagement.

Product Info

ISBN: 0520269357

ISBN-13: 9780520269354

Publisher: University of California Press

Year: 2012

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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