George Segal

by Sam Hunter

Examines the life and professional career of one of America's leading sculptors, documents twenty-eight years of Segal criticism, catalogs illuminating statements by the artist, and features more than four hundred illustrations of his work.

Genres: Art

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Sam Hunter (January 5, 1923 – July 27, 2014) was an American historian of modern art. He was an author, an Emeritus professor of art history at Princeton University, director of the Jewish Museum, founding director of the Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University, acting director of the Minneapolis Institute of Art and a visiting professor at the Clark Art Institute at Williams College, Harvard University and various other institutions of higher learning.

He penned monographs, exhibition catalogues, articles, wrote the original book on the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, contributed to textbooks and various treatments of modern art. In addition to curating many museum and gallery exhibitions, Hunter has written on Francis Bacon, Tom Wesselman, George Segal, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Jackson Pollock, and many other contemporary and modern masters.

Reviews

[Scott Benowitz · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an interesting biography of George Segal, we read about the evolution of his artistic style as a painter and a sculptor.
The color photos of his sculptures which are included in this book are all quite impressive.
I suspect that professors who teach art history classes, classes about 20th century art movements as well as sculpture classes at art colleges and universities probably do sometimes use this book as a textbook for their students, but you don't need to possess any advanced knowledge of art history, sculpture techniques, design or the various modern art movements of the 20th century to enjoy this book. If you enjoy seeing the artworks which are on display when you tour art museums and seeing the sculptures which are on display when you walk in parks and outdoor locations where sculptures are displayed then you'll enjoy this book.