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Books page for Gordon Cook ((1927 - 1985)), known for Ironic real views, still life and landscape painting, printmaking. Showing 8 books.
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1927 Chicago, Illinois - 1985. Known for: Ironic real views, still life and landscape painting, printmaking.
A painter and printmaker, Gordon Cook became active in the Bay Area California art scene from the time he was married to abstract painter Joan Brown in the 1970s. In fact, Brown painted a portrait of... Read full biography
A painter and printmaker, Gordon Cook became active in the Bay Area California art scene from the time he was married to abstract painter Joan Brown in the 1970s. In fact, Brown painted a portrait of the two of them posed with their dog in the formal garden of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera... Read full biography
A painter and printmaker, Gordon Cook became active in the Bay Area California art scene from the time he was married to abstract painter Joan Brown in the 1970s. In fact, Brown painted a portrait of the two of them posed with their dog in the formal garden of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. His early paintings were small in size, muted in color, and usually depicted single still-life subjects such as a box, a single flower or a wheel. These works were both very defined and quite... Read full biography
A painter and printmaker, Gordon Cook became active in the Bay Area California art scene from the time he was married to abstract painter Joan Brown in the 1970s. In fact, Brown painted a portrait of the two of them posed with their dog in the formal garden of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. His early paintings were small in size, muted in color, and usually depicted single still-life subjects such as a box, a single flower or a wheel. These works were both very defined and quite expressive with impasto paint application. Before then, his reputation was for printmaking, and after the 1970s, his focus turned to landscape painting, especially solitary buildings in the delta area of the Sacramento River. Cook has also painted... Read full biography
A painter and printmaker, Gordon Cook became active in the Bay Area California art scene from the time he was married to abstract painter Joan Brown in the 1970s. In fact, Brown painted a portrait of the two of them posed with their dog in the formal garden of the San Francisco War Memorial Opera House. His early paintings were small in size, muted in color, and usually depicted single still-life subjects such as a box, a single flower or a wheel. These works were both very defined and quite expressive with impasto paint application. Before then, his reputation was for printmaking, and after the 1970s, his focus turned to landscape painting, especially solitary buildings in the delta area of the Sacramento River. Cook has also painted floral still lifes, nudes, portraits and cityscapes. Cook was born in Chicago and atte... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (8)
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesBay Area Art From Morgan Flagg Collection
1997Burgard, Timothy Anglin47 pages (color)Facing Eden: 100 Years of Landscape Art in Bay Area
1995Nash, Steven A216 pages (color)De-Persona
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Oakland Museum103 pages (color)Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985Albright, Thomas349 pages (color)New in the Seventies (Archer Huntington Gallery Exhibition)
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Seabolt, Fred/Donald Goodall60 pages (color)30 Years of American Printmaking Including 20th National Print Exhibition
1976
(Exhibition catalog)Baro, Gene160 pages (color)