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Walter Tandy Murch: Paintings and Drawings, 1925-1967

Hardback

Main Details

Title Walter Tandy Murch: Paintings and Drawings, 1925-1967
Authors and Contributors      By (author) George Lucas
By (author) Walter Scott Murch
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:324
Dimensions(mm): Height 324,Width 279
Category/GenreIndividual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780847870592
ClassificationsDewey:759.13
Audience
General
Illustrations 350 colour and black and white illustrations

Publishing Details

Publisher Rizzoli International Publications
Imprint Rizzoli International Publications
Publication Date 21 September 2021
Publication Country United States

Description

The first complete monograph of artist Walter Tandy Murch explores the life of an unsung yet remarkable artist whose paintings and illustrations of everyday objects and mechanical devices are familiar yet mysterious, or as George Lucas puts it, "in a magical middle." Walter Tandy Murch (1907-1967) is best known for his enigmatic, dreamlike still life paintings of everyday objects and mechanical devices in a style that falls between Magic Realist, Surrealist, and Realist. This volume offers the most comprehensive collection of his work, including his striking commercial work for magazines and his paintings from the extensive collection of George Lucas. Lucas calls himself a "fanboy" of Murch's art-paintings and drawings he describes as simultaneously "functional and dreamy, simple and complicated; they are quiet yet grab your attention." The tension of these opposing reactions draws viewers into Murch's still lifes, which caught the attention of famed art dealer Betty Parsons, who also represented artists such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Ellsworth Kelly, and Agnes Martin. Murch showed his work at Parsons's gallery for nearly thirty years. With illuminating essays and extensive plates sections displaying Murch's works, this celebration of an exceptionally talented and visionary artist is long overdue.

Author Biography

George Lucas is a film director, producer, screenwriter, and art collector. Walter Scott Murch is a writer and an Oscar-winning film editor and sound engineer. Robert Storr is a curator, critic, author, professor, and dean of the School of Art at Yale. Winslow Myers has taught art and art history for forty years, chairing the art department at the Bancroft School in Massachusetts. Judy Collischan is a curator, lecturer, writer, and professor of contemporary art.