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Adolf Dehn's Manhattan: Bookstore Signing with Dr. Philip Eliasoph, Dec. 7

Adolf Dehn's Manhattan: Bookstore Signing with Dr. Philip Eliasoph, Dec. 7

Media Contact: Susan Cipollaro, scipollaro@fairfield.edu , 203-254-4000, ext. 2726

FAIRFIELD, Conn. (December 4, 2017)鈥擣airfield鈥檚 fifth annual Shop and Stroll festivities, on Thursday, December 7, will feature an author book signing of the recently released Adolf Dehn: Midcentury Manhattan by Philip Eliasoph, PhD,聽hosted by the Downtown University Bookstore, beginning at 6pm .

"For New Yorkers and visitors alike, there are few images more deeply enshrined in their collective well of memories than the glowing wonderland of Central Park and upper Fifth Avenue during the Christmas holidays," he writes. Lavishly illustrated with color plates, including works like Christmas in Central Park, Dr. Eliasoph explains how the image "operates within our psychic memory like a Currier & Ives snow scene of yesteryear. Generations wistfully recall visiting the toy land of FAO Schwarz, experiencing Fifth Avenue's creatively decorated shop windows, watching ice skaters beneath a brilliantly lit tree at Rockefeller Center, or strolling past the Plaza Hotel to grab a carriage ride through the park. Dehn's painting defines Manhattan at Christmastime; he captures a universality of lifelong memories converging within our mind's eye."

Adolf Dehn: Midcentury Manhattan
celebrates the life and work of multimedia painter and master lithographer, Adolf Dehn, (1895-1968) who Dr. Eliasoph describes as 鈥渁mong the most prominent and critically recognized artists on the American scene during the interwar years and extending nearly into the early 1950s.鈥 Dehn鈥檚 work is in the permanent collections of more than eighty museums.

The book explores Dehn鈥檚 prolific artistic career and legacy, and his signature mid-century Manhattan imagery鈥攑aintings, prints and drawings鈥攊ncluding the vibrant watercolor collection of Central Park through the seasons and the artist鈥檚 series of panoramic city skylines depicted in The Battery , 1953, Lower Manhattan , 1956-57, and Manhattan Harbor , 1956, 鈥渁ll breathtakingly depicted with heightened, bird鈥檚-eye points of view.鈥 Dehn鈥檚 1941 Spring in Central Park is one of the most reproduced pieces of artwork in the Metropolitan Museum of Art鈥檚 collection.

Dr. Eliasoph, a pre-eminent scholar on Dehn鈥檚 Manhattan-themed work, is a professor of art history and visual culture in 天美传媒视频无限制观看鈥檚 Visual and Performing Arts Department. He has written numerous scholarly books, catalogues, articles and reviews, and currently serves as a New York Times education blogger for arts and visual culture.

Adolf Dehn: Midcentury Manhattan is published by The Artist Book Foundation. The book鈥檚 forward was written by the Routh Coulter Heede, professor of Art History at Case Western Reserve University, and Henry Adams, PhD, author of hundreds of articles on art and artists, as well as over a dozen art-related books and catalogues.

The fifth annual Shop and Stroll is being co-sponsored by the Town of Fairfield and the Fairfield Chamber of Commerce. Participating shops in downtown Fairfield will extend business hours and welcome shoppers with complimentary hors d鈥檕euvres and seasonal refreshments, and local restaurants will feature dinner or drink specials. Traveling carolers and musicians from Fairfield Warde High School Chamber Singers, Fairfield Ludlowe High School (Close Harmony), and Fairfield Prep (Encords) will fill the sidewalks with holiday cheer, joined by the Fairfield Ludlowe brass ensemble and flute choir.

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Posted On: 12-05-2017 11:12 AM

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