John Baeder's Road Well Taken

John Baeder's Road Well Taken

A fascinating trip through the evocative remnants of a vanishing America, this book is also a portrait of an artist who has captured the nostalgic essence of whatâ€™s been lost. In 1972, John Baeder (b. 1938) left a career on Madison Avenue to become a full-time painter, gambling his livelihood on art dealer Ivan Karpâ€™s evaluation of his first four canvases: a diner, a motel, a gas station, a tourist camp. Based on color postcards in his growing collection of roadside memorabilia, they launched a career that put him at the forefront of the growing photorealist movement. Baederâ€™s paintings, particularly of classic diners, were an immediate success, and he scoured the country for prime examples to document before they disappeared. Here, Jay Williams recounts the inside story of Baederâ€™s multifaceted career. With more than 300 illustrations of his highly collectible paintings, watercolors, vintage photographs, printed ephemera, and three-dimensional memorabilia, this is an artistâ€™s journey, traveled along the back highways of the United States.
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Country USA
Brand Vendome Press
Manufacturer Vendome Press
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber illustrations
ReleaseDate 2015-10-20
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780865653191

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