David Park

by Richard Armstrong

A detailed biography of the late artist David Park accompanies an exhibition catalog highlighting the later Abstract Expressionist period, roughly 1950 to Park's death in 1960, of the artist's figurative works

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

Richard Armstrong (born 1949) is an American museum director. Since 2008, Armstrong has been the director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City and its other museums throughout the world. Before joining the Guggenheim, he was a curator at, and then director of, Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Previously, he had been a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Reviews

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

An important American artist, Park somehow fell to the wayside of the history of American art. Could be that he's from the left coast; could be that it took him a while to hit his stride.

This catalogue from the Whitney retrospective of Park's work years after he passed is an excellent collection of his personal painting history.

The essays/biography are standard museum catalogue fare, informational but not amazing.

Park clearly died too soon and too young.