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Deviant draftsmanship : the art of William Anthony

Title: Deviant draftsmanship : the art of William Anthony / by Sam Jedig.
Author: Jedig, Sam
Publication: Kirke Saaby : Stalke Galleri, 2021.

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Description

121 pages : colour illustrations; 23 x 29 cm

Summary

"William Anthony's paintings and drawings may be found in the collections of more than 30 museums. The origin of his remarkable style may be attributed to his experience, early in his career, as an instructor of figure drawing. He developed a unique method of teaching beginners. Athony satirized his students' work by greatly exaggerating the errors they made in doing the figure: heads too large, arms and legs diminished. necks skinny. He even had a student who, knowing kneecaps, did elbowcaps. The students not only enjoyed the humor in the lampooning, they learned a lot. And his method evolved into a book, A New Approach to Figure Drawing (Crown, NY, and Odhams, London). It didn't take Anthony long to realize that his classroom satire could be the basis for a new art statement. He started by take-offs of old and new masters, Michelangelo, Vermeer, Picasso and Johns. But soon he graduated into victimizing just about anyone and anything. Deviant Draftsmanship imcludes much of the work Anthony has done since the publication of Ironic Icons (2013), which was another compilation of his paintings and drawings, also by Sam Jedig, and published by Stalke."--From book jacket.

Alternative Title

Art of William Anthony

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Catalogs.

Call Number

JQF 22-1052

ISBN

8790538390
9788790538392

OCLC

1289315136

Author

Jedig, Sam, author.

Title

Deviant draftsmanship : the art of William Anthony / by Sam Jedig.

Publisher

Kirke Saaby : Stalke Galleri, 2021.

Edition

In an edition of 800.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Added Author

Anthony, William, 1934-2022, artist.

Stalke Galleri, publisher.

Research Call Number

JQF 22-1052

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