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Chapters: Armenian Immigrants to the United States, Arshile Gorky, Arshak Fetvadjian, J. Michael Hagopian, Armen Anassian, Edward Keonjian, Ben Bagdikian. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 35. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt:Armen Anassian Armen Anassian is an Armenian violinist who has played with the Los Angeles Opera and is concertmaster of the Santa Clarita Symphony, in Santa Clarita, California . He has performed in hundreds of concerts around the world with many notable symphony orchestras. He has also recorded violin with numerous artists including Conductor of the Yanni Symphony Orchestra, as well as working with the recording and film industries with violin credits on many film soundtracks.History Anassian was born and raised in Armenia where he began his musical studies, and moved to the United States with his family at the age of 15. He holds Masters degrees in Instrumental Conducting and Violin Performance, and studied in the United States, Armenia, and Germany. His teachers include Rainer Kussmaul, Sidney Weiss, Dorothy DeLay , and conductor Michael Zearott. Anassian has held Conducting and/or Concertmaster positions with such noted groups as the Hoboken Chamber Orchestra, Freiburg Chamber Orchestra, Heidelberg Chamber Orchestra, and the International Zelt Musik Orchestra. He has performed hundreds of concerts in France, England, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Japan, Australia, Canada, Mexico, and all over the United States. He was invited to perform the Khachaturian Violin Concerto in Armenia with the Armenian National Philharmonic under the baton of his father, Henrik Anassian. In addition to playing violin with the Los Angeles Opera , Annasian is Concertmaster with the Symphony in the Glen. He first collaborated with Santa Clarita Symphony with Mae... ... Read more

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A key book on Gorky
I love this catalogue . I look at it all of the time. For a small book this book packs a wallop as, this volume was selected for some of Gorky's best drawings.I have the retrospective of Gorky's drawings published by the Whitney Museun. Large books like it are good for the cocktail table for some . I don't allow any of my books out for company. People put drinks on top of art books. This book did it for me it cements Arshile Gorky's reputation as a great draftsman.Over the years this book has increased in value to me.. Almost any book on Gorky will become more valuable . Years ago ,Mooridian(his nephew)released Gorky's drawings for exhibit at the Evanston Art Center and some were stolen. Visiting the library I found many of the tipped in plates in Gorky books were removed.This demonstrates the magical hold Gorky has on others. ... Read more

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Arshile Gorky
I loved this book, however I love Arshile Gorky's paintings. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interseted in Gorky or the Armenian genocide. Great history. It is written more like history book than a novel. The most detailed account of Gorky's life that I have ever read. It is not a review of his art. ... Read more

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praise from a top Abstract Expressionist enthusiast
Take a tip from Gorky, he always carried a small book or reproductions of favorite painters in his pocket. This is a good book to start this habit with the Grove series on modern artists.There is a Guston ,a Dubuffet an Arp in this series as well. Rosenberg knew most of the A.E. painters and Dekooning intimately so what he has to say about Gorky comes from a good source: theDekoonings (Bill and Elaine.)I re-read this book the other night and believe that it inspired me to keep painting.Harold brings out Arshiles absolute devotion to painting.His self-eduction in libraries was as intense as it was in museums.I have added some postcards and repros from magazines to my copy.If you love Gorky , you are lucky to get a copy of this book. In Action Abstraction Rosenberg's book on Gorky is recognized as a source on Abstract Expressionists. It is a thoughtful portrait of this important artist. The color reproductions are good :especially "The Limit" and "the Plow and the Song" "Agony" is here but the color seems faded.If you love Gorky this is a must book. ... Read more

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While Surrealism became unfashionable in Europe in the 1930s, it enjoyed increasing popularity across the Atlantic at the same time. Surrealism USA, the catalogue to the exhibition at the National Academy of Design, Surrealism USA, traces the history of this movement in the United States from the 1930s to the 1950s by examining its manifestations throughout the country--from Social Surrealism and California Post-Surrealism to Magic Realism and the beginning of Abstract Expressionism. It chronicles the wide influence of Dalí on American art, the Surrealists' response to war and fascism, and the relationship between Surrealism and abstract art. With over 100 paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, this definitive survey brings together the work of American artists likeJoseph Cornell, Peter Blume, Kay Sage, Isamu Noguchi, Arshile Gorky, and Jackson Pollock--with that of Europeans in exile during World War II, including Salvador Dalí, Yves Tanguy, André Masson, and Max Ernst.Essays by Michael Duncan, Robert Hobbs, Robert S. Lubar andScott Rothkopf.

Introduction by Isabelle Dervaux.Hardcover, 9.5 x 11.75 in./192 pgs / 100 color and 50 b&w. ... Read more

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Museum Quality
I was fortunate enough to see the Surrealism USA exhibit on tour in Phoenix in July.The collection was astounding.I found this book in the Phoenix Art Museum Store, however, $50 seemed like a lot to spend on a book while on a weekend vacation.I was thrilled to find it on Amazon for much less.The book is beautiful, the photographs are museum print quality and oversized, mostly one or two on each page. The book contains a thorough history of the surrealism movement in the United States during the last century. I would not hesitate to purchase it again. ... Read more