Creator of wood assemblages made from found objects and parts of furniture doused in black paint, Louise Nevelson became the darling of the New York art world, especially during the last three... Read full biography
Creator of wood assemblages made from found objects and parts of furniture doused in black paint, Louise Nevelson became the darling of the New York art world, especially during the last three decades of her life when her success was assured. She cultivated an artistic image, was thin and draped... Read full biography
Creator of wood assemblages made from found objects and parts of furniture doused in black paint, Louise Nevelson became the darling of the New York art world, especially during the last three decades of her life when her success was assured. She cultivated an artistic image, was thin and draped clothes haphazardly on her figure, smoked small cigars, and wore exceedingly long, fake eyelashes. She was born Louise Berliawsky in Kiev, Russia, and at age five, moved with her family to Rockland,... Read full biography
Creator of wood assemblages made from found objects and parts of furniture doused in black paint, Louise Nevelson became the darling of the New York art world, especially during the last three decades of her life when her success was assured. She cultivated an artistic image, was thin and draped clothes haphazardly on her figure, smoked small cigars, and wore exceedingly long, fake eyelashes. She was born Louise Berliawsky in Kiev, Russia, and at age five, moved with her family to Rockland, Maine where her father ran a lumber yard. In a town that was mostly Protestant, middle class, white people, she felt out of place as a Jew and an immigrant. In 1920, she moved to New York, studied at the Art Students League with Kenneth Hayes Miller,... Read full biography
Creator of wood assemblages made from found objects and parts of furniture doused in black paint, Louise Nevelson became the darling of the New York art world, especially during the last three decades of her life when her success was assured. She cultivated an artistic image, was thin and draped clothes haphazardly on her figure, smoked small cigars, and wore exceedingly long, fake eyelashes. She was born Louise Berliawsky in Kiev, Russia, and at age five, moved with her family to Rockland, Maine where her father ran a lumber yard. In a town that was mostly Protestant, middle class, white people, she felt out of place as a Jew and an immigrant. In 1920, she moved to New York, studied at the Art Students League with Kenneth Hayes Miller, and married Charles Nevelson, whose "WASP" family she regarded as terribly stuffy. They had a son, and when he... Read full biography
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Hazel Belvo: A Matriarch of Art
2020
L'Enfant, Julie
256 pages (color)
The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend
2007
Rapaport, Brooke Kamin
0 pages (color)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Sculpture From the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
2005
Janovy, Karen O. (Editor); David Cateforis (Intro)
246 pages (color)
American Abstract Expressionism of the 1950s: An Illustrated Survey
2003
Herskovic, Marika (editor)
372 pages (color)
Phoenix Art Museum Collection Highlights
2002
Komanecky, Michael K. (editor)
352 pages (color)
Art Enterprises: Selections from the Collection
2000
Skold, Stacey (compiler)
195 pages (color)
Masterworks of American Painting and Sculpture from Smith College Museum
1999
Editor, Smith College Museum
307 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The Eye of the Collector: Works from Lipman Collection
1999
Lipman, Peter; G Wertkin
64 pages (color)
The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students)
1999
Steiner, Raymond J
187 pages
American Visions The Epic History of Art in America
1997
Hughes, Robert
635 pages (color)
Visual Arts in the 20th Century
1997
Lucie-Smith, Edward
400 pages (color)
Female Gazes: Seventy-Five Women Artists
1997
Martin, Elizabeth; Vivian Meyer
176 pages (color)
American Art From the Dicke Collection
1997
The Dayton Art Institute
264 pages (color)
Accents on Artists A fact-filled pronunciation guide. Over 800 artist’s names you should know…
1996
Barbara and Peter Toohil
363 pages (color)
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 195 Works of Art
1996
Demetrion, James T (Introduction)
166 pages (color)
The Art Institute of Chicago Twentieth Century Painting and Sculpture
1996
Wood, James N/T Edelstein
160 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century A Biographical Dictionary
1995
Heller, Jules and Nancy G. Heller
612 pages
History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts From the Dawn of History to the Present Day
1995
Janson, H W; Dora Jane Janson
960 pages (color)
The Remarkable Lives Of 100 Women Artists
1994
Bailey, Brooke
207 pages
American Art History and Culture
1994
Craven, Wayne
687 pages (color)
Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes
1993
Kostelanetz, Richard
246 pages
Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art
1993
Southwest Art
64 pages
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art A Handbook of the Collection
1993
Ward, Roger and Patricia J Fidler (Compilers and Editors)
414 pages (color)
Art in Seattle's Public Places: An Illustrated Guide
1992
Rupp, James M.
320 pages
Art in the Age of Aquarius, 1955-1970
1992
Seitz, William C
250 pages (color)
Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook (of the Collection)
1991
Cleveland Museum of Art
161 pages
Explorations The Visual Arts since 1945
1991
Hoffman, Katherine
400 pages (color)
Painting a Place in America Jewish Artists in New York 1900-1945 (Exhibition catalog)
1991
Kleeblatt, Norman L and Susan Chevlowe (Editors)
208 pages (color)
Brandywine Valley to the Bay Art from Private Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1991
University Gallery-Delaware
161 pages (color)
Breakthroughs Avant-Garde Artists in Europe & America 1950-1990
1991
Wexner Center, Ohio State U
310 pages (color)
Art Since Mid Century 1945 to the Present
1991
Wheeler, Daniel
344 pages (color)
Women, Art, and Society
1990
Chadwick, Whitney
384 pages (color)
Cornell Collects: A Celebration of American Art from the Collections of Alumni and Friends, Cornell University (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Leavitt, Thomas (Intro); Richard Schwartz; Frank H.T. Rhodes
196 pages (color)
Louise Nevelson-A Passionate Life
1990
Lisle, Laurie
366 pages
American Women Sculptors: A History of Women Working in Three Dimensions
1990
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
638 pages
Art in Place Fifteen Years of Acquisition (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Armstrong, Tom/Susan C Larsen
230 pages (color)
Annual Exhibition Record, 1914-68, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
538 pages
Art in Embasies Twenty-Five Years at the State Department
1989
Greenwood, Dougles McCreary
63 pages (color)
Artists in Quotation Dictionary of Creative Thoughts of Painters etc
1989
La Cour, Donna Ward
196 pages
Contemporary Artists (3rd Edition)
1989
Naylor, Colin (editor)
1,059 pages
Contemporary Illustrated Books Word and Image, 1967-1988 (Exhibition catalog)
1989
Stein, Donna
72 pages
The American Collections Columbus Museum of Art
1988
Columbus Museum of Art
271 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Varieties of Visual Experience (3rd edition)
1987
Feldman, Edmund Burke
528 pages (color)
Women Artists An Illustrated History
1987
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224 pages (color)
Albright-Knox Art Gallery Painting and Sculpture/Acquisitions since 1972
1987
Krane, Susan
379 pages (color)
Modern American Realism The Sara Roby Foundation Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Mecklenburg, Virginia
148 pages (color)
The Empire State Collection Art for the Public
1987
Sandler, Irving
214 pages (color)
125 Masterpieces: From the Collection of Albright-Knox
1987
Schultz, Douglas (Intro)
264 pages (color)
A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art
1986
Chetham, Charles; David Grose
312 pages (color)
An American Renaissance Painting and Sculpture Since 1940 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Hunter, Sam
269 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
50 New York Artists
1986
Marshall, Richard
118 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Twentieth Century Artists on Art
1985
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302 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
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707 pages
Modern Art at Harvard Formation of the 19th & 20th Cen Collections
1985
Jones, Caroline
144 pages (color)
The Revenge of the Philistines Art and Culture 1972-1984
1985
Kramer, Hilton
445 pages
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
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347 pages (color)
American Art Now
1985
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160 pages (color)
With an Eye to American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1985
Miller, Dorothy C
16 pages
Dictionary of Women Artists: An International Dictionary of Women Artists Born Before 1900
1985
Petteys, Chris with Hazel Gustow, Ferris Olin and Verna Ritchie
851 pages
Artwords Discourse on the 60s and 70s
1985
Siegel, Jeanne
235 pages
American Painting and Sculpture A Concise History
1984
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100 Works by Modern Masters From the Guggenheim Museum
1984
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211 pages (color)
Sculpture in America (new and revised edition)
1984
Craven, Wayne
782 pages
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
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320 pages
The Museum of Modern Art, New York The History and the Collection
1984
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599 pages (color)
Jewish Experience In the Twentieth Century
1984
Kampf, Avram
240 pages (color)
Movements in Art since 1945 New Revised Edition
1984
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288 pages (color)
World Artists 1950-1980
1984
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912 pages
The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944 (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Marlor, Clark S
600 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
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656 pages
Art at Work The Chase Manhattan Collection
1984
Severinghaus, J Walter
333 pages (color)
American Printmaking A Century of American Printmaking 1880-1980
1984
Watrous, James
334 pages (color)
Prints A Collector's Guide
1983
Kaplan, Ellen
253 pages
Nevelson's World (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Lipman, Jean
244 pages (color)
The First Show (1940-1980) Painting and Sculpture from Eight Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Museum of Contemporary Art
293 pages (color)
American Art Since 1945
1982
Ashton, Dore
224 pages (color)
The Americans/The Collage (Exhibition catalog)
1982
Contemporary Arts Museum
143 pages (color)
The Art Museums of New England
1982
Faison, S Lane Jr
490 pages
American Artists on Art from 1940 to 1980
1982
Johnson, Ellen H (editor)
274 pages
American Women Artists from Early Times to the Present
1982
Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer
560 pages (color)
Drawing Acquisitions, 1978-1981 Whitney Museum of American Art
1981
Cummings, Paul
64 pages
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981
Osborne, Harold
656 pages (color)
The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981
Rugoff, Milton
669 pages (color)
The Guggenheim Museum Collection Handbook/ 1900-1980
1980
Barnett, Vivian Endicott
526 pages (color)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1980
Hibbard, Howard
592 pages (color)
Urban Encounters Art, Architecture, Audience
1980
Institute of Contemporary Art
64 pages (color)
American Prints and Printmakers A Chronicle of Over 400 Artists
1980
Johnson, Una E
266 pages (color)
Louise Nevelson The Fourth Dimension (Exhibition catalog)
1980
Wilson, Lori
71 pages
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
American Art Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorative Arts
1979
Brown, Milton W (others)
616 pages (color)
Inside New York's Art World
1979
Diamonstein, Barbaralee
380 pages (color)
American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources
1979
Doumato, Lamia
246 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 1 (Sculpture, the West etc)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
730 pages
Grids Format and Image in 20th Century Art (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Krauss, Rosalind E
64 pages (color)
Women Artists in Washington Collections (Exhibition catalog)
1979
Withers, Josephine
144 pages (color)
Why Art? A Guide to Viewing Contemporary American Art
1978
Daniels, Florence
222 pages
Art About Art
1978
Lipman, Jean/Richard Marshall
176 pages (color)
Painting and Sculpture in the Museum of Modern Art
1977
Barr, Alfred H
655 pages
Perceptions of the Spirit in Twentieth-Century American Art (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Dillenberger, Jane & John
175 pages (color)
American Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977
Ekdahl, Janis
260 pages
American Art in Belgium (Exhibition catalog)
1977
Societe des Expositions
175 pages (color)
Three Hundred Years of American Art In The Chrysler Museum (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Anderson, Dennis R (Introductory Essay)
270 pages (color)
200 Years of American Sculpture (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Armstrong, Tom
336 pages (color)
American Prints 1913-1963 (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Castelman, Riva
160 pages
Louise Nevelson (revised edition)
1976
Glimcher, Arnold B
207 pages
The Art of America Since World War II
1976
Glubok, Shirley
48 pages
Beyond Modern Art
1976
Gottlieb, Carla
434 pages
A Selection of American Art The Skowhegan School 1946-1976
1976
Institute of Contemporary Art
194 pages
Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976
Jaques Cattell Press
756 pages
Bright Stars: American Painting and Sculpture Since1776
1976
Lipman, Jean/Helen M Franc
208 pages (color)
From Foreign Shores Three Centuries...Foreign Born American Masters (Exhibition catalog)
1976
Milwaukee Art Center
186 pages (color)
Originals:American Women Artists
1976
Munro, Eleanor
528 pages (color)
Dawns and Dusks
1976
Nevelson, Louise
0 pages
The Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of Collections
1975
Buckley, Charles E
377 pages (color)
Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975
Editor, Smithsonian
0 pages
The Art Students League of New York Anniversarly Exhibition 100 Artists, Kennedy Galleries (Exhibition catalog)
1975
Fleischman, Lawrence A.(Intro); Lawrence Campbell (Foreward)
284 pages
American Art Since 1945 From the Collection of MOMA