Synopses & Reviews
Jack Tworkov (1900and#150;1982) was a significant figure of the Abstract Expressionist period. A noted painter, he was one of the first group of artists who defined the ideals of the New York School, alongand#160;with Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, and Franz Kline, among others. This book, the first collection of Tworkovand#8217;s writings, sheds new light on the lives and studio practices of Tworkov and his colleagues as well as on Tworkovand#8217;s artistic theories and values.
and#160;
These enlightening and intimate writingsand#151;personal journals and letters, teaching notebooks, correspondence with other artists, previously unpublished essays, and published articlesand#151;are introduced and annotated by Mira Schor, who provides an informed account of an important artist and thinker. The book is enriched by photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg; family photographs with Hans Hofmann, John Cage, Kline, and others; and reproductions of some of Tworkovand#8217;s finest work.
Review
"In the course of his long life as a painter, Jack Tworkov became an important figure in the maturation of abstract art in America."and#8212;Richard Armstrong, director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Museum
Review
"Jack Tworkov was a free thinker in an ideological time. This collection is an indispensable addition to the story of American art."and#8212;Mark Stevens, co author of the Pulitzer Prize winning biographyandnbsp;
de Kooning: An American MasterReview
and#8220;[The] definitive collection of Tworkovand#8217;s writing . . . most notably it unearths extensive selections from Tworkovand#8217;s diaries.and#8221;and#8212;New Criterion
Review
"Tworkov, one of the original Abstract Expressionists whose mark on the history of painting is inexpugnable, accomplished a great deal in a long and rich life, not only as an artist but as a teacher and a mensch. And his writings are a considerable contribution to the art history of his time. Their subject is not so much aesthetics or form as the ethics of art."and#8212;Barry Schwabsky,
The NationReview
"Mira Schor, who knew Tworkov from her childhood, has done a scrupulous job in editing his journals, letters, notebooks, and essays. . . . It's a big book with informativeand#160;footnotes, interesting photographs, and a sampling of Tworkov's paintings reproduced in color."and#8212;William Corbett, Art inand#160;New England
Review
"I don't mean to nominate Tworkov as the hero of a neo-Balzacian novel in which the artist who stays true to his calling ends up a tragic failure. Nothing could be further from the case. Tworkov, one of the original Abstract Expressionists whose mark on the history of painting is inexpugnable, accomplished a great deal in a long and rich life, not only as an artist but as a teacher and a mensch." Barry Schwabsky, the Nation (read the entire )
Synopsis
Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) was a significant figure of the Abstract Expressionist period. A noted painter, he was one of the first group of artists who defined the ideals of the New York School, along with Willem de Kooning, Barnett Newman, Ad Reinhardt, and Franz Kline, among others. This book, the first collection of Tworkov's writings, sheds new light on the lives and studio practices of Tworkov and his colleagues as well as on Tworkov's artistic theories and values.
These enlightening and intimate writings--personal journals and letters, teaching notebooks, correspondence with other artists, previously unpublished essays, and published articles--are introduced and annotated by Mira Schor, who provides an informed account of an important artist and thinker. The book is enriched by photographs by Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Arnold Newman, and Robert Rauschenberg; family photographs with Hans Hofmann, John Cage, Kline, and others; and reproductions of some of Tworkov's finest work.
About the Author
Mira Schor is a painter and author who also teaches at Parsons The New School for Design.