ART DECO PAINTING

Rating:
Summary: A must-have for Deco enthusiasts, and for painters
Review: I just adore this book, and it never fails to inspire me. This book is of particular interest to those who have already been fans of the Art Deco style-- both in its European and American manifestations-- for many years. Why? Because many survey books on Deco tend to include many of the same, familiar images of posters-- the Cassandre prints (albeit fabulous), etc. But this book is full of images which were utterly "new" to me-- perhaps only 3 or 4 did I recognize: some Sheeler, Stuart Davis, O'Keeffe. Lucie-Smith's essays are well-informed, too. If you love the extraordinarily sophisticated, cool, eclectic, clean look of Deco (which, IMHO, has never been surpassed for pure economy and chic-ness) then snap this book up. It will be worth its weight in gold to you alone, if it "turns you onto" the artwork of unsung British portraitist Meredith Frampton!

Rating:
Summary: A must-have for Deco enthusiasts, and for painters
Review: I just adore this book, and it never fails to inspire me. This book is of particular interest to those who have already been fans of the Art Deco style-- both in its European and American manifestations-- for many years. Why? Because many survey books on Deco tend to include many of the same, familiar images of posters-- the Cassandre prints (albeit fabulous), etc. But this book is full of images which were utterly "new" to me-- perhaps only 3 or 4 did I recognize: some Sheeler, Stuart Davis, O'Keeffe. Lucie-Smith's essays are well-informed, too. If you love the extraordinarily sophisticated, cool, eclectic, clean look of Deco (which, IMHO, has never been surpassed for pure economy and chic-ness) then snap this book up. It will be worth its weight in gold to you alone, if it "turns you onto" the artwork of unsung British portraitist Meredith Frampton!