All the images of paintings by George D. Green are reproduced courtesy of the artist. Our sincere gratitude to Dr. Dorothy I. Mitstifer for the final revision of this essay and to Louis K. Meisel for his interest in scholarly projects on this artist.(Click images to view larger version. Javascript required.)
References – Primary Sources1. Green, George, Letter to the Spring Term Seminar, 2/16/08 2. Green, George, Letter to the Spring Term Seminar, 2/28/08 3. Green, George, Letter to the Spring Term Seminar, 3/17/08 4. Green, George, About These Pictures, 11/28/04 5. Green, George, Interview with Leda Cempellin, 2004 (unpublished)
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List of IllustrationsGeorge D. Green (illustrations in the essay) Fig. 1: George D. Green, Untitled #9, 1976 Fig. 2: George D. Green, Bare Narious Ojay, 1979 Fig. 3: George D. Green, Fox Trot, 1981 Fig. 4: George D. Green, Podge-Wade, 1981 Fig. 5 : George D. Green, Holy Rollers, 1982 Fig. 6: George D. Green, Boogie Woogie Country Man, 1986 Fig. 7: George D. Green, Invisible Clarities Breezing Asleep , 1987 Fig. 8: George D. Green, Setting the Woods on Fire, 1987 Fig. 9: George D. Green, preparatory drawing for Setting the Woods on Fire, 1987 Fig. 10: George D. Green, Minding Dog Rag, 1987 Fig. 11: George D. Green, The Eccentric Beauty, 1988 Fig. 12: George D. Green, Neskowin North Coast Blues, 1989 Fig. 13: George D. Green, Neskowin North Coast Blues #6, 1989 Fig. 14: George D. Green, Neskowin North Coast Blues #7, 1989 Fig. 15: George D. Green, Neskowin North Coast Blues #8 1989 Fig. 16: George D. Green, Neskowin North Coast Blues #10 1989 Fig. 17: George D. Green, Tropical Island Country & Western Suite #3, 1990 Fig. 18: George D. Green, Neskowin Spring Suite #11, 1991 Fig. 19: George D. Green, Neskowin Spring Suite #12, 1991 Fig. 20: George D. Green, Gateway Star, 1991 Fig. 21: George D. Green, Jockey of Artemisium, 1997 Fig. 22: George D. Green, Gravityspool, 1997 Fig. 23: George D. Green, Untitled, 1997 Fig. 24: George D. Green, A Natural Wonder, 1998 Fig. 25: George D. Green, Horizon, 1999 Fig. 26: George D. Green, Pictures from the Monroe: Sphere, 2001 Fig. 27: George D. Green, Picture from the Monroe: Focus 27, 2001 Fig. 28: George D. Green, Untitled, 2003 Fig. 29: George D. Green, Seven Days, 2003 Fig. 30: George D. Green, The Elements, two panels, 2005 Fig. 31: George D. Green, Mendocino to Gold Beach, 2005 Fig. 32: George D. Green, Zone of Middle Dimension I , 2007
General Art (not illustrated: hyperlinks provided)Fig. 33: Funerary Mask of Mycenae, Greece, ca. 1600-1500 BCE http://www.ou.edu/finearts/art/ahi4913/aegeanslides/135.jpg Fig. 34:Aphrodite of Delos, ca. 100 BCE http://rack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu/greek/greek5.htm Fig. 35: Jan Van Eyck, Annunciation Diptych, 1435-1441. http://www.museothyssen.org/thyssen_ing/coleccion/obras_ficha_texto_print660.html Fig. 36: Andrea Mantegna, Ceiling Fresco: Palazzo Ducale, 1461. http://cache.eb.com/eb/image?id=99427&rendTypeId=4 Fig. 37: Baccio Pontelli, Studiolo , 1476 http://www.metmuseum.org/store/images/Z.pr.B0206.L.jpg Fig. 38: Wallerant Vaillant, Letter Rack, 1658. http://wwar.com/newsletter/images/2002/10/2002-10-14-4946.jpg Fig. 39: Norbertus Cornelius Gijsbrecht, Turned-over Canvas , 1670. http://www.ivarhagendoorn.com/files/blog/gijsbrechts_1.jpg Fig. 40: Pablo Picasso, Still Life with Chair Caning, 1912. http://home.vs.moe.edu.sg/whitenoise/Images/F_C_E/Picasso/SL_ChairCaning11-2.jpg Fig. 41: Wassily Kandinsky, Small World’s 9, 1922. http://www.npl.org/Media/Features/nna/Image6.gif Fig. 42: Wassily Kandinsky, Dream Motion, 1923. http://richardtaylor.co.uk/kandinsky/dreammotion.jpg Fig. 43: Hanna Hoch, Der Traum seines Lebens, 1925. Hutton, H., The Technique of Collage, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1968: 108 Fig. 44: René Magritte, In The Human Condition, 1934. http://www.uh.edu/~englmi/i/trompe/trompeloeilBorges-01.jpg Fig. 45: René Magritte, Green Hills, 1934. Hutton, H., The Technique of Collage, Watson-Guptill Publications, 1968: 81 Fig. 46: Wassily Kandinsky, Quiet Impulse, 1939. http://richardtaylor.co.uk/kandinsky/quietimpulse.jpg Fig. 47: Piet Mondrian, Broadway Boogie-Woogie, 1942-43. http://www.moma.org/images/collection/FullSizes/00303025.jpg Fig. 48: Raul Lozza, Analytical Structure, 1946. http://a.theoretic.org/arte/30.gif Fig. 49: Jackson Pollock, Full Fathom Five, 1947. http://www.moma.org/images/collection/FullSizes/00323032.jpg Fig. 50: Jackson Pollock, Number 1, 1948. http://2modern.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/jackson_pollock_1.jpg Fig. 51: Jackson Pollock at work (photo by Hans Namuth), 1950. http://bcm.bc.edu/wp-content/images/summer_2007/for-arts-sake-1.jpg Fig. 52: Joseph Albers, Structural Constellation, 1953. http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/teaching/nds/ws96/script/space/img-space/albers-constellations.jpg Fig. 53: Yves Klein, Sculpture of Arman, 1960. http://members.aol.com/mindwebart3/arman.jpg Fig. 54: Claes Oldenburg, The Store, 1961. http://www.tfaoi.com/am/6am/6am49.jpg Fig. 55 : Hans Hofmann, The Golden Wall, 1961. http://www.hanshofmann.net/art/goldenwall.gif Fig. 56: Frank Stella, Valparaiso Flesh and Green, 1963. http://www.hiandlomodern.com/IMAGES/ART/PAINTING/stella.jpg Fig. 57: Romare Bearden, The Dove, 1964. http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/psychology/moma/images/closer/bearden.jpg Fig. 58: Joseph Kosuth, One and Three Chairs, 1965. http://www.pucsp.br/rever/rv4_2005/t_grieve4.jpg Fig. 59: Frank Stella, Raqqa II , 1970. http://ncartmuseum.org/graphics/pics/collections/20th/1950-2000/036_lrg.jpg Fig. 60: Frank Stella, Lake City, 1970. http://www.blockmuseum.northwestern.edu/full/1985.87.5.jpg Fig. 61: Ben Schonzeit, After the Hurricane, 1971. Riley, Charles. “Ben Schonzeit: Paintings.” New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2002. Fig. 62: Frank Stella, Jarmolince III , 1973. http://www.metmuseum.org/special/stella/images/stella_01_L.jpg Fig. 63: Ben Schonzeit. Horse and Rider, 1974. http://www.benschonzeit.com/content/seventies/seventies/1_horse_ryder.html Fig. 64: Claes Oldenburg, Clothespin, 1976. http://faculty.evansville.edu/rl29/art105/img/oldenburg_clothespin.jpg Fig. 65: Audrey Flack, Marilyn (Vanitas) , 1977. http://www.csupomona.edu/~plin/women2/images/flack_big.jpg Fig. 66: Elizabeth Murray, Children Meeting, 1978. http://bp0.blogger.com/_ESC4bygtp2M/Rt_2TxIAHDI/AAAAAAAABRM/nxOz8pBGen8/s1600-h/Murray+Children+Meeting+1978.jpg Fig. 67: Elizabeth Murray, Painter’s Progress, 1981. http://www.womansartjournal.org/images/27-1B.jpg Fig. 68: Pat Steir, The Brueghel Series (A Vanitas of Styles), 1981-83. http://bp0.blogger.com/_j0_0cXEXWWU/RfWg5W4Y9yI/AAAAAAAAAUU/sOa6zz-EY3I/s1600-h/TheBrueghelSeries2.jpg Fig. 69: Elizabeth Murray, Her Story, 1984. http://www.artchive.com/artchive/m/murray/her_story.jpg Fig. 70: Frank Stella, Il Drago e la Cavallina Fatata , 1986. http://www.akiraikedagallery.com/aw_stella.htm
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