Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965

Bay Area Figurative Art, 1950-1965
ISBN-10
0520068424
ISBN-13
9780520068421
Category
Art
Pages
231
Language
English
Published
1990
Publisher
Univ of California Press
Authors
Caroline A. Jones, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Description

Describes the development of a movement creating figurative, rather than abstract, art in the San Francisco Bay Area, and provides examples of its paintings, drawings and sculpture

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