Full Description
The last of the great Abstract Expressionists, Seliger's commitment to biomorphic abstraction and the refinement and complexity of his painting technique are examined. With rich, full-page details of his remarkable surfaces.abstractions.
Table of Contents
Preface 7 (1)
Thomas M. Messer
Introduction The Paintings of Charles Seliger: 8 (19)
Nature and Vision
Melvin P. Lader
Chronology Charles Seliger: Redefining Abstract 27 (1)
Expressionism
Francis V. O'Connor
Foreword 28 (3)
Juvenilia---1926 to 1939 31 (1)
Early Experiments---1940 to 1942 32 (2)
Abstract & Surrealist Influences---1943 to 34 (6)
1945
Abstracting the Natural World---1946 to 1948 40 (3)
Insects---1949 to 1950 43 (2)
Developing Automatic Techniques---1951 to 45 (7)
1959
Modern Science & New Technology---1960 to 52 (7)
1969
Kinetics---1970 to 1971 59 (2)
Gessoed Canvas & Monotypes---1972 to 1980 61 (7)
Return to Stretched Canvas---1981 to 1989 68 (6)
Masonite, The Retrieval Process & The 74 (7)
Current Working Method---1990 to 2002
Afterword 81 (10)
Paintings A Survey: 1944--2001 91 (99)
List of Illustrations 190(6)
Selected Museum Collections 196(1)
Exhibition History 197(7)
Bibliography 204(2)
Index 206(9)
Acknowledgments 215
