{"product_id":"charles-reiffel-ariel-plotek-9780937108505","title":"Charles Reiffel: An American Post-Impressionist","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eCharles Reiffel\u003c\/i\u003e (1862-1942) is widely regarded today as one of the foremost figures of the California plein air school of landscape painting. This book, accompanying an exhibition of the same name at The San Diego Museum of Art and San Diego History Center, aims to reevaluate Reiffel as a leading practitioner of Post-Impressionism in the United States.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Reiffel\u003c\/i\u003e trained as a lithographer and traveled, worked, and studied in Europe before establishing himself as an independent artist in Silvermine, Connecticut. He finally settled in San Diego in 1925. There, he immersed himself for the remainder of his life in the landscape of Southern California, its coast and rolling hills, discovering in its unique contours new motifs for his striking mix of Post-Impressionist and Expressionist brushwork.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Reiffel: An American Post-Impressionist\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a fresh assessment of the artist, firmly reestablishing his place as a national figure in the canon of American painting and shedding light on a splendid page in the history of American Post-Impressionism and Expressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ariel Plotek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0937108502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780937108505\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e San Diego Museum of Art\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 9.60w x 0.90d","brand":"Ariel Plotek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087048651007,"sku":"9780937108505","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6208fd33-3fe9-4a22-a01f-282628715fe1.jpg?v=1769098006","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/charles-reiffel-ariel-plotek-9780937108505","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}