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The Unknown Blakelock

The Unknown Blakelock

Janovy, Karen O.
Driesbach, Janice

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Art HistoryAmerican Art - GeneralIndividual Artists

ISBN10: 0977802876
ISBN13: 9780977802876
Publisher: Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Published: Jul 1 2008
Pages: 80
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.31 Width: 8.99 Depth: 9.93
Language: English
The Unknown Blakelock offers new perspectives on Ralph A. Blakelock (1847-1919) by addressing the modernity of his accomplishments as reflected in the exhibition's paintings. A self-taught artist, Blakelock digressed from habitual procedures into stylistic experiments that were considerably in advance of common practice of the time. Associated primarily with the two dominant themes of moonlight views and Indian encampments, Blakelock was already acknowledged as a colorist during his career, an aspect of his painting attesting to his receptivity to modernist developments but largely overlooked in critical discourse. The works featured in this exhibition also attest to a salient characteristic of our own time, namely, the artist's growing autonomy. The Unknown Blakelock explores this ongoing impact of Blakelock's work, which has previously been placed in the context of the exploration of his own--not our--contemporaries.

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