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"Among the most radical of the great American Abstract Expressionist painters, Clyfford Still has until now also been among the least studied. This book, based on the authors' unprecedented access to Still's oeuvre, provides the first detailed account of the artist's materials, working methods, and techniques. Initial chapters provide an overview of Still's life, while subsequent chapters trace the development of his style, offer materials analysis of selected works from each decade of his career, and suggest new approaches to the care and conservation of his paintings. The narrative is complemented by a series of technical appendices and a full bibliography"--

Painters --- Painting, Modern --- Abstract expressionism --- Paint materials --- Artists' materials --- Biography. --- Technique. --- Analysis. --- Still, Clyfford,

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The first in-depth biography of Sam Francis, the legendary American abstract painter who broke all the rules in his personal and artistic life.Light on Fire is the first comprehensive biography of Sam Francis, one of the most important American abstract artists of the twentieth century. Based on Gabrielle Selz’s unprecedented access to Francis’s files, as well as private correspondence and hundreds of interviews, this book traces the extraordinary and ultimately tragic journey of a complex and charismatic artist who first learned to paint as a former air-corps pilot encased for three years in a full-body cast. While still a young man, Francis saw his color-saturated paintings fetch the highest prices of any living artist. His restless desire resulted in five marriages and homes on three continents; his entrepreneurial spirit led to founding a museum, a publishing company, a reforestation program and several nonprofits. Light on Fire captures the art, life, personality, and talent of a man whom the art historian and museum director William C. Agee described as a rare artist participating in the “visionary reconstruction of art history,” defying creative boundaries among the likes of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and Willem de Kooning. With settings from World War II San Francisco to postwar Paris, New York, Tokyo, and Los Angeles, Selz crafts an intimate portrait of a man who sought to resolve in art the contradictions he couldn’t resolve in life.

Painters --- Painting, American --- Francis, Sam, --- Art --- Vocational guidance. --- 20th century American painters. --- David Park. --- Jackson Pollock. --- Joan Mitchell. --- Museum of Contemporary Art. --- New York School. --- San Francisco art community. --- WWII. --- biography of abstract expressionism artist. --- spinal tuberculosis.