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Illumination : the paintings of Georgia O'Keeffe, Agnes Pelton, Agnes Martin, and Florence Miller Pierce / [edited by] Karen Moss ; with essays by Timothy Robert Rodgers ... [et al.].

Contributor(s): Moss, Karen | Orange County Museum of Art (Calif.)Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Merrell, 2009Description: 191 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ports. (chiefly col.) ; 30 cmISBN: 9781858944814 (hbk.) :; 1858944813 (hbk.) :Subject(s): O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986 -- Criticism and interpretation | Pelton, Agnes, 1881-1961 -- Criticism and interpretation | Martin, Agnes, 1912-2004 -- Criticism and interpretation | Pierce, Florence, 1918- -- Criticism and interpretation | Painting, American -- 20th century | Modernism (Art) -- United StatesDDC classification: 759.1'3'0904 Summary: 'Illumination' celebrates the careers of four extraordinary American women artists. It focuses on their parallel but distinct evocations of landscape and memory, and provides an opportunity to appreciate the ways in which each created visions inspired by nature and a desire to capture the transcendent beauty and spirituality of life. Brief parallel chronologies with portrait photographs of the artists are given at the end of the book.
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Published in association with the Orange County Museum of Art.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

'Illumination' celebrates the careers of four extraordinary American women artists. It focuses on their parallel but distinct evocations of landscape and memory, and provides an opportunity to appreciate the ways in which each created visions inspired by nature and a desire to capture the transcendent beauty and spirituality of life. Brief parallel chronologies with portrait photographs of the artists are given at the end of the book.

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