Richard Diebenkorn

[abcdefz]

...one of my favorite artists, and our local museum just landed a show of some of his earlier, under-appreciated stuff. Cool images, but seeing the paintings in person is revelatory. I was actually getting pretty overwhelmed.

Unfortunately, hardly any of the images are online. But:

http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/dynamic_content/eventImages/plate73_large.jpg

http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/dynamic_content/eventImages/plate-12_large.jpg

http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/dynamic_content/eventImages/plate-74_large.jpg

...and, to my surprise, one of his later pieces was on loan as well. In person, it's about seven feet high, I think, and the paint really looks aquatic:


http://www.sfmoma.org/images/ma/exhib_detail/RDieben_OceanPark60_hi18.jpg


This exhibit made my week. I'm very grateful. (y)

[abcdefz]

This just kills me. It's like.... nothing to it, but it's beautiful:

http://www.sanjosemuseumofart.org/dynamic_content/eventImages/plate-24_large.jpg

[Waus]

I'm not sure how I feel about this guy...every one of those that I've looked at so far - I wanted to crop it.

[abcdefz]

His later stuff is what he's really famous for, but I like this period a bunch.

[abcdefz]

These are some of my favorites of his, from the later years:

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/d/diebenkorn/cityscape_i.jpg

http://www.artnet.com/Magazine/features/klein/Images/klein10-29-9s.jpg

http://www.uoregon.edu/~nholmes/template_images/diebenkorn_coffee.jpg

[Lyman Zerga]

looks eye friendly (y)