ARNULF RAINER * Shakespeare's Comedies , Histories and Tragedies * 1st Edition ART Monograph Book 1990 Pristine New Sealed in plastic shrinkwrap. Published in 1990 by Ulysses Gallery of New York City , it measures 9.25" inches wide by 11.25" inches high and is 84 pages containing 30 large beautiful vivid color plates , and 24 black & white images and photographs of the artist's earlier career works. It also includes a complete over-view and detailed biography of the Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer , as well as a detailed description of this particular series of his work - an interpretation of Shakespeare's Plays seen through the eyes of this noted painter. Arnulf Rainer, ( born 8 December 1929 in Baden, Austria ), is an Austrian painter and is internationally known for his abstract informal art. In his early years, Rainer was influenced by the Surrealism. In 1950, he founded the Hundsgruppe (dog group) together with Ernst Fuchs, Arik Brauer and Josef Mikl. After 1954, Rainers style evolved towards Destruction of Forms, with blackenings, overpaintings and maskings of illustrations and photographs, dominating his later work. He was close to the Vienna Actionism, featuring body art and painting under drug influence.In 1978, he received the Great Austrian National Prize. In the same year, and in 1980, he became the Austrian representative at the Venice Biennale. From 1981 to 1995, Rainer held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna - the same place where he aborted his own studies after three days, unsatisfied. His works are shown in the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. As the culmination of the appraisal of his work, in 1993 the Arnulf Rainer Museum opened in New York, USA. This Limited Edition Monograph is printed on very high-end thick art paper stock with all images beautifully varnished and quite suitable for framing. A collectors item , it includes fine-art gallery reproductions of his paintings in lush vivid Color production, and Tri-tone Black & White images of his works of abstract art and photography. A unique item for the serious fine art collector or avid fan , student or collector of beautiful Art Monographs. Published by the Ulysses Gallery of New York City , and Printed in Austria , this is no longer in print and is an Original First Edition ~ all text is in English. This Monograph is Brand New and Sealed in it's original Plastic Shrinkwrap. Will be carefully wrapped and boxed and shipped via Priority Mail with Delivery Confirmation / Tracking. Email with any questions before purchasing if you are unsure about something. We ONLY accept Money Orders , Cashiers Checks or U.S. Cash as payment ( we do NOT accept personal checks or online payment at all ). Please email about local pick-up , we are located in NYC in Times Square. All International Customers MUST email us before purchasing this item.
