William Congdon e Fred Licht

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_10545
dc.title	William Congdon e Fred Licht. L’Altersstil tra pittura e riflessione critica
dc.contributor.author	Barbieri Giuseppe
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/venezia-arti/2022/1/william-congdon-e-fred-licht/
dc.description.abstract	Starting from a singular ‘methodological’ note from 1992 by Fred Licht on the Altersstil of American painter William Congdon and from a later art exhibition, the article sheds light on relevant aspects of the late manner of a protagonist of American Abstract Expressionism. The article suggests a possible start date on the background of a dense critical debate, spanning from Clement Greenberg to the beginning of the twenty-first century, and relying on scholars such as Giovanni Testori and Giuseppe Mazzariol. It illustrates a rare example of expressive Survival that connects two fascinating physiognomies of Congdon, an artist who disappeared and reappeared several times throughout the art history and system, and of a great scholar, recently deceased, that deserves not to be forgotten.
dc.relation.ispartof	Venezia Arti
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 31 \| December 2022
dc.issued	2022-12-20
dc.dateAccepted	2022-09-26
dc.dateSubmitted	2022-09-13
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-2720
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/VA/2385-2720/2022/08/005
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Action Painting
dc.subject	Altersstil
dc.subject	Fred Licht
dc.subject	Survival
dc.subject	William Congdon

Research Article
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L’Altersstil tra pittura e riflessione critica

Giuseppe Barbieri Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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abstract

Starting from a singular ‘methodological’ note from 1992 by Fred Licht on the Altersstil of American painter William Congdon and from a later art exhibition, the article sheds light on relevant aspects of the late manner of a protagonist of American Abstract Expressionism. The article suggests a possible start date on the background of a dense critical debate, spanning from Clement Greenberg to the beginning of the twenty-first century, and relying on scholars such as Giovanni Testori and Giuseppe Mazzariol. It illustrates a rare example of expressive Survival that connects two fascinating physiognomies of Congdon, an artist who disappeared and reappeared several times throughout the art history and system, and of a great scholar, recently deceased, that deserves not to be forgotten.

Published

Dec. 20, 2022

Accepted

Sept. 26, 2022

Submitted

Sept. 13, 2022

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Keywords: Fred Licht • William Congdon • Action Painting • Survival • Altersstil

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