Camoupedia: A Compendium of Research on Art, Architecture and Camouflage
2009Behrens, Roy R.
461 pages
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1913 New York City - 1993. Known for: Whimsical assemblage, abstract expressionism.
From New York City, Peter Agostini, a second generation Abstract Expressionist, was a sculptor who early in his career worked primarily in plaster over various armatures with balloon-like spheres... Read full biography
From New York City, Peter Agostini, a second generation Abstract Expressionist, was a sculptor who early in his career worked primarily in plaster over various armatures with balloon-like spheres that anticipated Pop Art imagery in his exploration of the every-day world. He also produced plaster... Read full biography
From New York City, Peter Agostini, a second generation Abstract Expressionist, was a sculptor who early in his career worked primarily in plaster over various armatures with balloon-like spheres that anticipated Pop Art imagery in his exploration of the every-day world. He also produced plaster forms, "frozen from life" and molded from found objects such as squeezed inner tubes piled on top of each other, pillows, paper, thin sheets of metal and clotheslines. Many of his works suggested... Read full biography
From New York City, Peter Agostini, a second generation Abstract Expressionist, was a sculptor who early in his career worked primarily in plaster over various armatures with balloon-like spheres that anticipated Pop Art imagery in his exploration of the every-day world. He also produced plaster forms, "frozen from life" and molded from found objects such as squeezed inner tubes piled on top of each other, pillows, paper, thin sheets of metal and clotheslines. Many of his works suggested turbulent themes such as hurricanes and action horses and riders. In the 1970s, he turned to figure pieces in clay and also did watercolors and mono-prints. Peter Agostini spent a year at the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art in New York City, a year at the... Read full biography
From New York City, Peter Agostini, a second generation Abstract Expressionist, was a sculptor who early in his career worked primarily in plaster over various armatures with balloon-like spheres that anticipated Pop Art imagery in his exploration of the every-day world. He also produced plaster forms, "frozen from life" and molded from found objects such as squeezed inner tubes piled on top of each other, pillows, paper, thin sheets of metal and clotheslines. Many of his works suggested turbulent themes such as hurricanes and action horses and riders. In the 1970s, he turned to figure pieces in clay and also did watercolors and mono-prints. Peter Agostini spent a year at the Leonardo da Vinci School of Art in New York City, a year at the University of Mexico (1948) and that year also studied mural painting at San Miguel de Allende. The next year he went to Paris, attending the At... Read full biography
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American Abstract and Figurative Expressionism Style is Timely Art is Timeless
2009Herskovic, Marika252 pages (color)Five Sculptors: Peter Agostini, Christopher Cairns, Bruce Gagnier, Jonathan Silver, George Spaventa
2006
(Exhibition catalog)Cairns, Christopher (Editor)22 pagesThe Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)479 pagesDavenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesWho Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesThe Art Students League of New York A History (Teachers)
1999Steiner, Raymond J0 pagesThe Annual & Biennial Exhibition Record of the Whitney Museum of Art (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1918-1989)
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor); Andrea Ansell Bien468 pagesPeter Agostini: Horses
1991
(Exhibition catalog)Wepman, Dennis; Olaf Clasen28 pages (color)Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition)
1987Cummings, Paul653 pagesWho's Who in American Art-1986 1986
1986Jaques Cattell Press1,292 pagesMary and William Sisler Collectio
1984
(Exhibition catalog)Naumann, Francis M324 pages (color)Dictionary of American Sculptors: 18th Century to Present
1984Opitz, Glenn B (editor)656 pagesHandbook of the Collections: Herbert F Johnson Museum of Art (Cornell University)
1981Leavitt, Thomas W. (Editor)106 pagesThe Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Art
1981Osborne, Harold656 pages (color)The Britannica Encyclopedia of American Art
1981Rugoff, Milton669 pages (color)Dictionary of American Art
1979Baigell, Mathew390 pagesAmerican Sculpture A Guide to Information Sources
1977Ekdahl, Janis260 pagesWho's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition
1976Jaques Cattell Press756 pagesThe Roots and Routes of Art in the 20th Century
1975Cone, Michele252 pagesSmithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection
1975Editor, Smithsonian0 pagesPhaidon Dictionary of Twentieth Century Art
1973Onn, Gerald (Translator)0 pagesL'art Vivant aux Etats-Unis
1970
(Exhibition catalog)Fondation Maeght164 pages (color)Modern American Sculpture
1967Ashton, Dore130 pages (color)American Art Since 1900 A Critical History
1967Rose, Barbara320 pages (color)New Art Around the World
1966Hunter, Sam (chapter on US)510 pages (color)