Gerald Nordland is a renowned author, art historian and critic, museum curator, and educator. The author of over ten books and more than 50 exhibition catalogues, he served as the Museum Director of the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, the Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, the San Francisco Museum of Art (now known as the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art), and the Milwaukee Art Museum. He is the author or contributor to several books on modern art, and is recognized as a leading authority on artist Richard Diebenkorn. His titles include Richard Diebenkorn (a revised and expanded edition), Richard Diebenkorn in New Mexico, and Breaking the Mold: Selections from the Washington Gallery of Modern Art, 1961-1968.
This is a first monograph on a major modern American painter most often associated with the rise of Abstract Expressionism in the 1940s and 1950s. Nordland knows his subject; the text is celebratory, and perhaps not as critical as desirable, but the insights are succinct. Portraying Diebenkorn's achievements chronologically, it includes discussion of his alternative work in the figurative mode. The text focuses largely on visual description of the painter's themes, but the excellent plates and exhibition history attest to the artist's ``master'' status. Well designed for academic library use, whether for studio or art historical research, the book is also a viable, if expensive, option for general collections since Diebenkorn's work is found in many museums. Paula A. Baxter, NYPL
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