Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Publisher
Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
When disaster struck San Francisco on April 18, 1906, photographer Arnold Genthe grabbed a pocket camera and ventured out to document the destruction. Now, over a century later, the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts presents the definitive collection of Genthe's historic photographs.
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Accompanying the first exhibition to offer a thorough overview of Judy Chicago's career. It traces the pioneering feminist artist's practice back to its roots, revealing her unique working process and the origins of the formal and conceptual strategies she has applied throughout her oeuvre. Bringing together a selection drawn from every major series of her work, it also reproduces sketchbooks, journals and preparatory drawings that document her extensive...
5) James Tissot
Publisher
de Young, Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Born in Nantes, France, James Tissot trained in Paris at the École des Beaux-Arts. His mature career spanned both sides of the English Channel, where he garnered commercial and critical success. Despite recognition from patrons and peers, his reputation suffered posthumously. The critic John Ruskin's perception that Tissot created "unhappy mere color photographs of vulgar society" persists, and the artist is still too often classified as a painter...