Taschens quaintance traces his remarkable life story and reintroduces his colorful, kitschy and culturally resonant paintings works that made. Your hosts, john waybright and ken furtado, are the authors of quaintance. Act of incorporation of concord railroad, and amendments of the. A sip of magic disinherited prince series book 3 pdf kindle. George quaintance june 3, 1902 november 8, 1957 was an american artist, famous for his. Quaintance by reed massengill 2010, hardcover for sale.
Using historical settings to justify the nudity or distance the subjects from modern society, his art featured idealized muscular, seminude or nude male figures. In the collection the authors explained that he was. Quaintance varia by massengill, reed and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. He was a vaudeville dancer, coiffeur designer, window dresser, magazine cover artist, photographer, portraitist, and ultimately, the first great physique artist. George quaintance june 3, 1902 november 8, 1957 was an american artist, famous for his idealized, strongly homoerotic depictions of men in mid20thcentury physique magazines. Long before tom of finland, there was george quaintance. Celebrates the homoerotic work of george quaintance book art, celebrities. Homoerotic works of george quaintance published by taschen. The erotic paintings of george quaintance are campy, kitschy, culturally significant and quite beautiful.
The art of george quaintance reed massengill, dian. George quaintance was an artist ahead of his time, a man who forged several. From taschen, george quaintance, the bandit 1953, oil on canvas, 32. Taschen is world famous for books like quaintance, and the complete reprint of physique pictorial, but also for our stunning collectors. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every. Lon of new york and the masculine physique, massengill quotes lon as saying, i met george through jay dowd, a mutual friend of ours who was crazy about my pictures. Taschen is world famous for books like quaintance, and the complete reprint of physique pictorial, but also for our stunning collectors editions. Print editions george quaintance 17 items george quaintance. Pdf 2012 george quaintance wall calendar taschen wall. This book deals with the flamboyant life and forbidden art of george quaintance.
George quaintance, the 1940s and 50s illustrator whose work will be on display with that of bob mizer and tom of finland. In the other half of the gallery every collectors edition ever made is on display. Tom of finland in his early career, in fact, aspired to become as good an artist as quaintance. Taschen s quaintance traces his remarkable life story and reintroduces his colorful, kitschy and culturally resonant paintingsworks that made george quaintance the most popular and successful physique artist of his time, and one of its most intriguing figures. The taschen gallery just opened an exhibition of quaintance s amazing paintings in a show called the flamboyant life and forbidden art of george quaintance. In 2010 taschen released a book of quaintance s work.
George quaintance 19021957, the master painter of the male physique, was out in an age when out was not only risky, but largely illegal. George quaintance is the gay artist who taught tom of. Taschen s quaintance traces his remarkable life story and reintroduces his colorful, kitschy and culturally resonant paintings works that made george quaintance the most popular and successful physique artist of his time, and one of its most intriguing figures. The flamboyant life and forbidden art of george quaintance. Her many books for taschen include vanessa del rio.
Had he been born a few decades later, we might know him today as a multitasking celebrity stylist, as a coach on dancing with the stars, or perhaps as the fine artist. As the preeminent male physique artist of the 1940s and early 50s, quaintance s work for magazines such as physique pictorial, demigods and body beautiful inspired a generation of artists like tom of finland, harry bush, etienne and countless others. Taschen celebrates homoerotica and illustration king george. Had he been born a few decades later, we might know him today as a multitasking celebrity stylist, as a coach on dancing with the stars, or perhaps as the fine artist he aspired to be. A passion for taschen taschen gallery is pleased to announce the opening of a passion for taschen, an exhibition charting the unique history of taschen and its gamechanging publishing program since its founding 37.
This book traces his life story and reintroduces his colorful. George quaintance isnt a household name like tom of finland, but he is a queer artist you need to know about. The flamboyant life and forbidden art of george quaintance artsy. George quaintance was an artist ahead of his time, a man who forged. The short life of an american art pioneer, the only complete, authoritative biography of quaintance ever written. The art of george quaintance deserves much better treatment than this book offers. Taschens quaintance traces his remarkable life story and reintroduces his colorful, kitschy and culturally resonant paintingsworks that made george quaintance the most popular and successful physique artist of his time, and one of its most intriguing figures. Taschen reintroduces the story and homoerotic work of iconic physique painter george quaintance with their new title, the art of george quaintance us of 1952 of 1953 of taking advantage of the new burst of gay consciousness in postworld war ii america, quaintance and garcia began marketing blackandwhite photographs of his nearnude models. Reed massengill is one of the authors of the 2010 taschen coffeetable book, quaintance. George quaintance was an american erotic artist who smuggled homoerotic imagery in paintings that supposedly celebrated muscular male physiques. The art of george quaintance by reed massengill hardback. For some, it will be an eyeopening first look at what came before the gay sexplosion. The flamboyant life and forbidden art of george quaintance george quaintance was an artist ahead of his time, a man who forged several successful careers, yet never enjoyed mainstream fame. George quaintance was an artist ahead of his time, a man who forged several successful careers, yet never enjoyed mainstream fame.
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