Ben Schonzeit Paintings; Author: (Art/Photo Books) Riley, Charles A., Ii; Hardback; Book

Author: (Art/Photo Books) Riley, Charles A., Ii
Hardback; Book; Colour and B&w Illustrations
160 pages
Published: April 2002
Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
ISBN: 0810965534

Ben Schonzeit(b. 1942) paints magically evocative pictures with a Surrealist edge. A pioneer in the SoHo art scene of the 1960s and one of the leaders of the Photorealist movement of the 1970s, he is best known for his gorgeous still lifes of flowers -- large, arresting canvases that explore the artist's dream world. This handsome, full-color volume by a leading art expert features manyof these striking works in spectacular full-page, double-page, and double gatefold plates.Schonzeit has had numerous one-man exhibitions, and his works can be found in the permanent collections ofmajor museums around the world. Schonzeit's riveting life story makes this first monograph on the artist sure to bring new attention to the intensely personal vision of this American painter.The first monograph on Ben Schonzeit, a pioneer of the SoHo art scene of the 1960s and a leader of the Photorealist movement of the 1970s. This is a monograph on Ben Schonzeit, a pioneer of the SoHo art scene of the 1960s and a leader of the photorealist movement of the 1970s.