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Thomas B. Hess (Author). Armin Zweite's chronology of the life and work of Barnett Newman is absolutely fantastic.

Thomas B. Complete and well referenced, the book is as complete as one would wish without ever being overbearing.

In 1951 Hess published his first book, Abstract Painting: Background and American Phase, the first substantial book to address the development of abstract art in America. Ironically enough, it was Hess' posthumous treatment of Barnett Newman (who the critic only appreciated late in the artist's life) that irked Rosenberg and created a philosophical divide between these two friends.

Thomas Baer Hess was born in suburban Rye in Westchester County, New York the son of a New York City lawyer Gabriel . Hess was the author of two books; "Barnett Newman" and "Willem de Kooning"

Thomas Baer Hess was born in suburban Rye in Westchester County, New York the son of a New York City lawyer Gabriel Lorie Hess and wife, Helen Baer Hess. He then sent for his initial formal education to a boarding school in Switzerland. He then went on to do his undergraduate studies in French Art and Literature at Yale University from which he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1942. Hess was the author of two books; "Barnett Newman" and "Willem de Kooning".

Exhibition catalogue. Foreword by Norman Reid; substantial essay (p. 7-85) on the artist by Thomas B. Hess. Publication Date: 1972. Binding: Original Wraps. Book Condition: Good. 88 p. 50 ill. (6 color). Catalogue of 95 works exhibited, including 52 paintings, 4 works in mixed media, 32 drawings and 7 prints and portfolios. Cover soiled; contents fine. Smith Bookseller was established in 1975 as a specialist in rare and out-of-print reference material on art, architecture, design and photography, with American art our leading specialty.

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Select Format: Paperback. Barnett Newman : Thomas b. ISBN13:9780870705014. Release Date:January 1971.

Artwork page for ‘Adam’, Barnett Newman, 1951, 1952 From the mid-1940s Newman had been preoccupied with the .

Artwork page for ‘Adam’, Barnett Newman, 1951, 1952 From the mid-1940s Newman had been preoccupied with the Jewish myths of Creation. The vertical strips in his paintings may relate to certain traditions that present God and man as a single beam of light. It would appear, as Thomas B. Hess has pointed out, that his titles often had hidden meanings which were intended to hint at mystical religious experiences and Kabbalist thought. Mrs Newman said that Ben Heller, the first owner of this painting, was introduced to Newman by Jackson Pollock. He bought 'Adam' and 'Queen of the Night I' direct from the studio in 1957.

Painter Barnett Newman and art critic Thomas Hess discuss subject matter, the creative process, and artistic ownership on the occasion of the 1966 exhibition Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross, lema sabachthani at the Guggenheim Museum

Painter Barnett Newman and art critic Thomas Hess discuss subject matter, the creative process, and artistic ownership on the occasion of the 1966 exhibition Barnett Newman: The Stations of the Cross, lema sabachthani at the Guggenheim Museum. This event took place on May 1, 1966.

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Barnett Newman is born on January 29 in his parents’ home at 480 Cherry Street on the Lower East Side of. .One of the paintings is vandalized. Thomas Hess in ARTnews writes: Newman is out to shock, but he is not out to shock the bourgeoisie-that has been done.

Barnett Newman is born on January 29 in his parents’ home at 480 Cherry Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Newman’s parents, Abraham and Anna (born c. 1874 and 1882, respectively), are Jewish immigrants who arrived in New York City from Lomza, Russian Poland, in 1900. Abraham makes a living selling sewing-machine heads to garment workers. A single painting, End of Silence, sells to a college friend of Annalee’s.