Beyond realism: The life and art of Frederik Grue - Hardcover

Weiss, Carol Ann; Newton, Judith Vale

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0964526107 ISBN 13: 9780964526105

Publisher: BCL Press, 1995

Synopsis

If you're a fan of exquisite art or like to read biographies about fascinating figures, make room for this book in your library. It is lavishly illustrated with 32 color plates and black-and-white photographs of the late Frederik Ebbesen Grue's (1951-1995) finest paintings. You can also learn the painting techniques of this 20th-century master from the artist himself. A self-taught artist working in realism, Grue shares the technical secrets behind the making of his detailed Oriental still lifes and landscapes. Along with his work comes a look at the artist in this beautiful, over-sized coffee-table book. You can follow Grue through the chicken-ranching, disco-dancing, motor-cycle fancying days of his youth to his emergence as an award-winning painter. His artwork has been shown nationally--in major galleries as well as museums--and collected internationally.

About this title

From the Publisher:

We are particularly proud because this gorgeous book won the national Premiere Print Award, given to those [design] firms who demonstrate a unique ability to create visual masterpieces. Beyond Realism served as the exhibition catalogue for 'Stilled Life: The Paintings of Frederik Ebbesen Grue' at the Indiana State Museum in 1996.

From the Author:

Before I got involved with this book, I had only a passing interest in realistic art and didn't appreciate it very much. But because the months I spent with Frederik in his studio, I now know far more about it . . . particularly from the painter's perspective. I now look at art differently. It was almost as though Frederik had given me a new set of eyes. (Judith Newton)

About this edition

• Publisher: BCL Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0964526107
• ISBN 13: 9780964526105
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144