Main entry:

Sawin, Martica.

Title & Author:

Surrealism in exile and the beginning of the New York school / Martica Sawin.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©1995.

Description:

xv, 466 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 442-453) and index.
1. France, 1938: The Railroad Station of the Imagination and the Dream -- 2. France, 1939: "The Curtain Has Risen on a Forest Fire" -- 3. New York, 1939: The Prepared Ground -- 4. France, 1940-1941: The Marseilles Game -- 5. New York, 1941: In a Land without Myth -- 6. New York, 1942: Veils and Transparents -- 7. The Mexican Connection -- 8. New York, 1943: A New Momentum Begins -- 9. New York, 1944-1945: Young Cherry Trees Secured against Hares -- 10. Paris, 1945-1947: In the Time of Lean Cows.

Summary:

The French/European story of Surrealism has been written; the story of abstract expressionism has been told. But the connection between them, how one acted as a catalyst for the other, has been a long-missing chapter in the history of art. Martica Sawin finally provides it.
In this fascinating, detailed account of what was happening within Surrealism during the crucial years 1938-1947, Sawin documents the cultural transfer that took place when the greater part of the prewar Surrealist group was transplanted to the Western Hemisphere. Sawin's year-by-year narrative pieces together when and how the refugees arrived and their various points of contact with the future abstract expressionists. It documents conclusively the roots of the New York School - a hybrid of startling vigor that brought world attention to the new American art for the first time - the evolution of the artworks involved, and the last brilliant flowering of Surrealist art. Interwoven with the text are 250 photographs of people, places, and artworks.

ISBN:

0262193604 (alk. paper)
9780262193603 (alk. paper)
0262692015
9780262692014

Subject:

Parsons School of Design.
Surrealism France.
Art, French 20th century.
Artists France.
Surrealism United States.
Expatriate artists United States.
Surrealism Influence.
New York school of art.
Abstract expressionism United States.
Art informel United States.
Surréalisme France.
Art français 20e siècle.
Artistes France.
Surréalisme États-Unis.
Artistes expatriés États-Unis.
Surréalisme Influence.
École de New York (Art)
Art informel États-Unis.
Expressionnisme abstrait États-Unis.
Art informel
Abstract expressionism
Art, French
Artists
Expatriate artists
Surrealism
Beeldende kunsten.
Surrealisme.
New York School.
Beïnvloeding.
Artists France 20th century.
France
United States

Holdings:

Location: Library main 107707
Call No.: ID N6848.5.S96 S2; ID:96-B1125
Status: Available