Book Description
Fannie Hillsmith was personally picked out by Josef Albers to replace him as a summer teacher at Black Mountain College, where she taught alongside Lyonel Feininger and Ossip Zadkine and was succeeded by Robert Motherwell. Inspired principally by Klee and Cubism, she exhibited frequently and successfully with the American Abstract Artists as one of its most notable female members.
About the Author
"James Thompson is a prize-winning art historian and art critic. He has written for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Walker gallery of Art, and the MusŽe des Beaux-Arts de la Rochelle. He edited the Impressionism lectures of Meyer Shapiro for George Braziller."
The Art of Fannie Hillsmith: A Room with a View: A Room of One's Own: Black Mountain College Dossier Nﾽ2 FROM THE PUBLISHER
James Thompson's text discusses the use of still life, cubism, and symbolism in Hillsmith's work and the importance of modernism in twentieth century art.
Art & Photography
Book Info
