Art of the Real: Nine American Figurative Painters

by editor Mark Strand (Editor)

"Art of the Real" presents the work of nine foremost figurative Lennart Anderson, William Bailey, Jack Beal, Jane Freilicher, Alex katz, Louisa Matthiasdottir, Philip Pearlstein, Wayne Thiebaud, and Neil Welliver. These painters, who should perhaps be called the first new realists, began painting in the postwar period when abstract expressionism was on the ascendancy. The book contains 111 full-color paintings and 78 black-and-white drawings, paintings, and pastels illustrate the range, style, method, and importance of the of the figurative movement in American painting.

239 pages, Hardcover

First published November 15, 1983