Early in life, American painter, sculptor, and jeweler Daniel Brush discounted Monet’s work wholesale—that is, until the pivotal day he saw an 8 x 10 transparency of a painting that a collector and friend was considering acquiring. This encounter sparked an obsession with the light Monet so masterfully captured in oil paint. Thinking about Monet contains 60 of the more than 100 steel sculptures Brush created in response to the impressionist master—all of which are meditations on light. The artist hand-carved the same steel for all his palm-sized pieces, but each one articulates distinct properties of color and light. Mesmerizing in the intricacy and daring of their fabrication, Brush’s objects bear comparison with the work of historical masters. This small, jewel-like book is covered in printed silk cloth, and all the sculptures are reproduced at their actual size. Nicolas Bos, President of Van Cleef and Arpels, contributes a short foreword to the book.
Books
Daniel Brush: Thinking about Monet
By Daniel Brush
Preface by Nicolas Bos
Introduction by Daniel Brush
$40.00
Clothbound
4 x 5.5 inches
72 pages
60 color
ISBN: 9798987784525
About the Author
Daniel Brush (1947–2022) worked in virtual seclusion from the mainstream during his 50-year career, creating an unparalleled body of work encompassing sculptural objects of gold, steel, aluminum, jewels, and other precious materials. He also produced large-scale canvases and drawings inspired by the expressive, disciplined gestures of the Noh theatre. He spent 15 years in seclusion and study, immersing himself in the mysteries of gold. Brush's three-dimensional works—delicate granulated gold domes in the traditions of the ancient goldsmiths, jewel-encrusted objects of virtue and fantasy and gold and steel sculptures—are products of solitary thought, study, and experimentation and are included in many public, private, and royal collections. Brush’s works are visual poems that record the passage of time.