David Park: A Painter's Life

David Park (1911–1960), transplanted Bostonian turned ground—breaking West Coast painter, led the way in creating what became known as Bay Area Figurative Art—a daring move during the post—World War II years when abstract expressionism held sway. In this beautifully illustrated biography, compiled from comprehensive and sweeping interviews, Nancy Boas traces Park’s resolute search for a new kind of figuration, one that would penetrate abstract expressionism’s thickly layered surfaces and in...