The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
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Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
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Michael West PUBLICATIONS
1908 Chicago, Illinois - 1991 New York, New York. Known for: Abstract expressionist painting.
The following is from Stuart Friedman, who is researching this artist:. She was born Corinne West in 1908 in Chicago, Il. She died in her New York studio in 1991. By the late 1930's she adapted the... Read full biography
The following is from Stuart Friedman, who is researching this artist:. She was born Corinne West in 1908 in Chicago, Il. She died in her New York studio in 1991. By the late 1930's she adapted the name Mikael West, which by 1941 became Michael West, and sometimes used Michelle West or Michelle Lee... Read full biography
The following is from Stuart Friedman, who is researching this artist:. She was born Corinne West in 1908 in Chicago, Il. She died in her New York studio in 1991. By the late 1930's she adapted the name Mikael West, which by 1941 became Michael West, and sometimes used Michelle West or Michelle Lee (her ex-husbands last name). It is one of the mysterious mystical veils she adorned. Arshile Gorky thought Corinne sounded like a debutante. It is unclear how she got to Mikael. Did they think she... Read full biography
The following is from Stuart Friedman, who is researching this artist:. She was born Corinne West in 1908 in Chicago, Il. She died in her New York studio in 1991. By the late 1930's she adapted the name Mikael West, which by 1941 became Michael West, and sometimes used Michelle West or Michelle Lee (her ex-husbands last name). It is one of the mysterious mystical veils she adorned. Arshile Gorky thought Corinne sounded like a debutante. It is unclear how she got to Mikael. Did they think she might succeed better with a male name like the writer Georges Sand? I know that she wanted the art to speak for itself and was not interested in hyping-up her rich past.... Read full biography
The following is from Stuart Friedman, who is researching this artist:. She was born Corinne West in 1908 in Chicago, Il. She died in her New York studio in 1991. By the late 1930's she adapted the name Mikael West, which by 1941 became Michael West, and sometimes used Michelle West or Michelle Lee (her ex-husbands last name). It is one of the mysterious mystical veils she adorned. Arshile Gorky thought Corinne sounded like a debutante. It is unclear how she got to Mikael. Did they think she might succeed better with a male name like the writer Georges Sand? I know that she wanted the art to speak for itself and was not interested in hyping-up her rich past.... Read full biography
Michael West - Artist Info
About Michael West: Books
Books & Publications (10)
Publications based on askART research. List may not be comprehensive.
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesSecond to None
2001
(Exhibition catalog)Ed, Thomas McCormick Galley18 pages (color)New York School: Abstract Expressionists Artists Choice by Artists
2000Herskovic, Marika393 pages (color)Michael West: The Automatic Paintings
1999Ashton, Dore36 pages (color)Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesFrom a High Place: A Life of Arshile Gorky
1999Spender, Matthew427 pagesAbstract Expressionism: Other Politics
1997Gibson, Ann Eden0 pages (color)Other Artists of the 50's
1996
(Exhibition catalog)Ed, Kendall Campus Art Gallery12 pagesMichael West: Painter-Poet
1996Mcnamara, Chris and Patricia14 pages