Painters of the Desert

Résumé du livre

"In this first book of its kind, "Painters of the Desert," a group of significant desert artists and their work appear for the student and layman. Ed Ainsworth, widely known writer and desert devotee -- long respected for his keen insight and understanding of California history -- has done a great service in selecting the art of leading desert painters who have worked in the best artistic tradition before and during much of this tremendous transformation. Ainsworth knows the desert and knows the painters well. In writing about them and their work, and in selecting the examples shown in this book, he proves his great skill in evaluating the desert's artistic interpreters"--