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Strindberg: Painter and Photographer | 
 enlarge | Authors: Per Hedstrom, Douglas Feuk, Erik Hook, Agneta Lalander, Goran Soderstrom
Publisher: Yale University Press
Category: Book
List Price: $55.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 762530
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.4
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0300091877
Dewey Decimal Number: 760.092
EAN: 9780300091878
ASIN: 0300091877
Publication Date: September 1, 2001
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Product Description
The literary works of August Strindberg are admired throughout the world, but few people outside his native Scandinavia are aware of his accomplishments as a painter and photographer. This book, written by eminent authorities on Scandinavian art, is the first to bring Strindberg's dramatic and highly original artistic works to an English-speaking audience. The book begins by examining Strindberg's paintings, photographs, drawings and decorated manuscripts and discussing the importance of pictorial arts to other areas of Strindberg's oeuvre. It then focuses on Strindberg's photography, relates the experimental photographs he took during the 1890s to the natural philosophy he developed during the same period, describes his relations to artistic circles in Paris and examines his influence on the Swedish painter Carl Larsson. Richly illustrated in full colour, the book sheds new light on the achievements of this innovative and deeply troubled genius.
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Who knew? November 16, 2001
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is a revelation. It shows that the genius of Strindberg extends beyond the literary and makes itself evident in the visual as well. The paintings in this book are amazing; landscapes made over a hundred years ago that are heavily impastoed and luminous- the quality is almost sculptural- and border on pure abstraction. It's difficult to compare them to anyone else's work (though they do have a quality that recalls Turner in a darker mode). These are paintings that would thrill you if you walked into a contemporary gallery. The book also has a generous selection of Strindberg's photographs and photographic experiments. It's a must have for painters and lovers of modern art.
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