Author: Terpening, Bill
Title: Feral Art : Selected Oil Paintings, 1996-2013 : A Retrospective
Description: Tucson, AZ, Desert Bloom Press, 2015. Hardcover. Color illustrated dj with black text on cover, red boards with gilt text on spine. (6) 7-222 pp. Chiefly color illustrations. Signed by artist, No. 83 of 250. "The movement today known as Feral Art, which consists of two generations -- the founders and those who came after, began as a response to the atrocities of World War II. Seven painters, who subsequently claimed they had received instruction on the techniques of avant-garde Resistance art from Pablo Picasso, joined in a pact unique in the history of art, about which more in a moment. Picasso, who remained in Paris during the German occupation, decided not to exhibit during the war. He retreated to his studio, where he not only continued to paint, producing works such as the Still Life with Guitar (1942) and The Charnel House (1944-48), but also apparently began a short-lived career as the head of a clandestine studio dedicated to avant-garde art. Under his influence, the seven artists referred to above later self-identified as 'feral' painters." - from introduction page. VG .

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