"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91. His... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, the artist Ruby Neri. Mr. Neri was a younger presence in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, which encompassed a group of artists in the 1950s and ’60s who bucked the trend toward Abstract Expressionism and returned... Read full biography
"Manuel Neri, Figurative Sculptor With a Modern Twist, Dies at 91," The New York Times, Obituary by Annabelle Williams, November 3, 2021. Mr. Neri was a stalwart of the Bay Area art scene but exhibited widely, known for mixing artistic mediums and styles. Manuel Neri, a noted San Francisco artist whose life-size figurative sculptures, often painted and usually of women, evoked classical statuary while updating it for the 20th century, died on Oct. 18 at his home in Sacramento. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his daughter, the artist Ruby Neri. Mr. Neri was a younger presence in the Bay Area Figurative Movement, which encompassed a group of artists in the 1950s and ’60s who bucked the trend toward Abstract Expressionism and returned to figure-focused art. Its members included the painters Richard Diebenkorn and David Park and the sculptor and cera... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (35)
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American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless
2009
Herskovic, Marika
252 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)
Paint on Metal: Modern and Contemporary Explorations and Discoveries
2005
Sasse, Julie
154 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition)
2004
McGowan, Alison C (Editor)
1,512 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
Bay Area Art From Morgan Flagg Collection
1997
Burgard, Timothy Anglin
47 pages (color)
Manuel Neri
1997
Coward, Jack, John Beardsley
424 pages (color)
American Images/The SBC Collection of 20th Century American Art
1996
Hopps, Walter (others)
320 pages (color)
Art Since 1940 Strategies of Being
1995
Fineberg, Jonathan
496 pages (color)
Working Together: Joan Brown and Manuel Neri, 1958-1964
1995
Strong, Charles
0 pages (color)
Masters of American Sculpture: The Figurative Tradition From the American Renaissance to the Millenium
1994
Reynolds, Donald Martin
275 pages (color)
Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts)
1993
Bowker R R
1,473 pages
Large Scale Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1991
John Berggruen Gallery
47 pages (color)
Bay Area Figurative Art 1950-1965 (Exhibition catalog)
1990
Jones, Caroline
231 pages (color)
John Berggruen Gallery Works on Paper (Exhibition catalog)
1988
Berggruen, John
97 pages (color)
The Latin American Spirit: Art and Artists in the United States, 1920-1970
1988
Quirarte, Jacinto
343 pages (color)
Hispanic Art in the United States (Exhibition catalog)
1987
Beardsley, John/J Livingston
260 pages (color)
Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987
Cummings, Paul
653 pages
Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986
Jaques Cattell Press
1,292 pages
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area 1945-1980/An Illustrated History
1985
Albright, Thomas
349 pages (color)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Paintings and Sculpture Collection
1985
DuPont, Diana, K Holland
402 pages (color)
American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans
1985
Krantz, Les
347 pages (color)
The Art Dealers The Powers Behind the Scenes Tell How
1984
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones
320 pages
Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
656 pages
The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
1984
Orr-Cahill, Christina
199 pages (color)
California Contemporary Recent Work of Twenty Three Artists (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Monterey Peninsula Museum
63 pages
Fifty West Coast Artists: A Critical Selection of Painters and Sculptors Working in California
1981
Hopkins, Henry; Mimi Jacobs (illustration)
128 pages (color)
Painting & Sculpture in California The Modern Era
1976
San Francisco Mus Modern Art
272 pages (color)
Sunshine Muse Contemporary Art on the West Coast
1974
Plagens, Peter
200 pages (color)
Mexican American Artists
1973
Quirarte, Jacinto
149 pages (color)
The West Coast Now Current Work from the Western Seaboard (Exhibition catalog)
1968
Portland Art Museum
160 pages
Modern American Sculpture
1967
Ashton, Dore
130 pages (color)
Gardens of Art: The Sculpture Park at the Frederik Meijer Gardens