The Watercolours of Adam Van Doren

Samuel White; Richard Boyle; Avis Berman

ISBN 10: 1555952720 / ISBN 13: 9781555952723

Published by Hudson Hills Press Inc.,U.S., 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Watercolours of Adam Van Doren
• Publisher: Hudson Hills Press Inc.,U.S.
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555952720
• ISBN 13: 9781555952723
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • New Books

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Synopsis

Spanning the twenty-year career of Adam Van Doren, this timeless monograph is an invitation to an exceptional journey of ancient and modern architectural expanse. The watercolours of Van Doren are painted in the classical tradition, en plein air , and recall the work of earlier masters in the medium, such as James McNeill Whistler, Edward Hopper and John Singer Sargent. Van Doren's work originated with his Beaux Arts training at Columbia University, and culminated with his position as Visiting Artist as the American Academy in Rome. This comprehensive volume includes abundant views along the Grand Tour, highlighting the magnificent as well as the more vernacular structures of Paris, Venice, Rome and New York. He [Van Doren] can often be found wandering the streets with his paints, pad, stool, and umbrella for shade, squinting at domes and corbels, caryatids, bays, oriels, cornices, medallions, entablatures and pediments, which he rushes to capture before the light fades... notes Ralph Blumenthal

About the Author

Samuel White is a noted architect and adjunct professor of Fine Arts at New York University. Richard Boyle is adjunct professor of Art History at Temple University, Philadelphia. Avis Berman is an art historian and respected author.