Modern Jewelry
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     Bauhaus, Biomorphic, Cubist, Dada, Geometric, Mobiles, Modernist Jewellery, Organic, Surrealist, Contemporary Modern Couture, Studio Jewelry Designers  Form & Function:
American Modernist Jewelry, 1940-1970 - Marbeth Schon 2008 This book is the catalog for two of the first major exhibits to show only modernist jewelry from such a broad group of artists. Both take place in 2008 in Fort Wayne, Indiana: one at The Fort Wayne Museum of Art (May 2 to Aug. 24, 2008) and the other at The University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts (May 2-30, 2008). Over fifty collectors and living art jewelers have lent some of the best examples of this innovative style. Sculptors Alexander Calder, Harry Bertoia, Jose de Rivera, Peter and Daniel Macchiarini, Earl and Tod Pardon, and Merry Renk are among the 96 artists featured, along with their extensive jewelry creations. Their work was experimental and stimulated originality in successive generations. Plastics, pearls, brass, copper, silver, gold, and enamels are among the materials found here in mini-sculptures and jewelry ornaments for men and women alike. The author's extensive research uncovers connections among the artists and documents this important art period and medium. Artists, collectors, cultural historians, and students all will want to see the exhibits and own the catalog.  Modernist
Jewelry 1930-1960: The Wearable Art Movement - Marbeth Schon 2004 This beautifully written book explores the work of 175 of the most important American modernist artist jewelers through a comprehensive text and over 540 color and 35 black and white photos. Beginning with the streamlining of Art Moderne, modernist jewelers mirrored the consciousness of their age. They were free thinkers artists who broke away from the mainstream of jewelry design and looked to the fine arts for inspiration; they were Surrealists, Cubists, and Abstract Expressionists functioning as sculptors in small scale, painters in enamels, and architects in miniature. The modernist metalsmiths of the 1930s through 1960s laid the groundwork for the enormous expansion of metalsmithing in the 1970s and '80s. These creative jewelers produced personal designs as they absorbed the changes happening in the world around them. The artists' stories and jewelry are arranged chronologically and linked to four pivotal exhibitions held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, in 1946; the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, in 1948 and 1955; and an exhibition on paper in 1959. Together, the artists at these important events comprise the modernist movement of wearable art directly and through their influence on the subsequent generations. This important book will stand as the primary reference to art jewelry of the mid-20th century and be consulted by all who want to understand the innovations it embraces. |
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Studio Artists check the alphabetized list above for more info/links on these artists: |
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Books & Publications Alexander
Calder: The Paris Years, 1926-1933 (Whitney Museum
of American Art) - Joan Simon, Brigitte Leal Sept. 2008 Calder
Jewelry 2007  Alexander
Calder and His Magical Mobiles - Jean Lipman
1981 The Book of Nanna Ditzel - by Henrik Sten Møller 1998 - Published by Rhodos Contemporary Jewelry - A Studio Handbook - Philip Morton 1970  Design
1935-1965, What Modern Was - Paul Johnson, Martin Eidelberg
2001 Design . Jewelry - Betty Cooke (retrospective exhibiton catalogue) Maryland Institute College of Art 1995 Jewelry As An Art Form - Irena Brynner 1979 The Jewelry of Margaret De Patta - (retrospective exhibiton catalogue) Oakland Museum 1976 Messengers
of Modernism - Toni Greenbaum 1996 Modern Jewelry - Design and Technique - Irena Brynner 1968  What
I Remember - Irena Brynner 2003  Viennese
Silver: Modern Design 1780-1918 - Jr Godsey William D.,
Markus Brüderlin, William D. Godsey Jr., Michael Huey, Diether Halama 2003 |
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20thObsession 330 Mark McDonald (of Fifty/50 Gallery)- New York, NY USA allmodern - jewelry + design of the 20th century Center for Jewelry Studies - Christie Romero Circa50 - Mid-century design Design Addict - resource for modern, post-modern + contemporary design of the 20th-21st centuries Effie-Graa - a world of Scandinavian modern jewelry and design Eames Collecter Fiftie-Fiftie Go Mod Los Angeles Conservancy Modern Committee Lotta Living - your ultra style guide for modern living Mod Baubles - vintage modernist jewelry Modern Silver Modernity Pegboard Modern - vintage modern furniture and design Retro 20th Century Design Simply Mod The Lounge |
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