Agnes Pelton

Name: Agnes Pelton
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Desert Transcendentalist

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Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist provides the first comprehensive study in over two decades of this American painter known for her metaphysical desert landscapes. Drawing on her personal inspirations, superstitions and spiritual beliefs, Pelton's symbolic paintings reveal profound emotional and transcendental states. The book situates her within American Modernism and alongside contemporaries like Marsden Hartley and Georgia O’Keeffe, highlighting her unique contributions to spiritual abstraction inspired by Theosophy, Agni Yoga and other esoteric teachings.
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Agnes Pelton

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This book is ideal for readers interested in American art history, modernism, spirituality in art and the work of pioneering female artists.

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Agnes Pelton: Desert Transcendentalist will be the first survey of this under-recognised American painter in over 22 years. Her distinctive paintings could be described as metaphysical landscapes rooted in the California desert near Cathedral City. Pelton chiefly drew on her own inspirations, superstitions, and beliefs to exemplify emotional states.

The publication seeks to clarify the artist's significance and role within the cannon of American Modernism but also against the legacy of European abstraction. It contextualises her work against her contemporaries, Marsden Hartley and Georgia O'Keeffe, and their distinct versions of American spiritual modernism.

Pelton's highly symbolic paintings were inspired by religious sources ranging from Theosophy and Agni Yoga to the spiritual teachings of Dane Rudhyar and Will Levington Comfort. Over three decades, she devoted herself to painting spiritual abstractions, which conveyed her "light message to the world."

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The exhibition catalogue offers a scholarly and detailed exploration of Pelton's deeply spiritual abstract art, balancing biographical insights with an examination of her place in American modernism. Reviews commend the book for addressing her engagement with esoteric religions and devotional practices without oversimplifying her artistic legacy.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9783777439747

Publisher: Hirmer Verlag

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 28 April 2022

Country: Germany

Imprint: Hirmer Verlag

Illustration: 132 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Gilbert Vicario

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 1510g

Pages: 220

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Gilbert Vicario is the Selig Family Chief Curator at the Phoenix Art Museum. His past books include Ragnar Kjartansson: Scandinavian Pain and Other Myths and Hot Mess Formalism.